Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak’s legacy?

How big a social change will Rishi Sunak’s smoking bill prove –
and why does he want this to be his legacy?


On this week’s podcast Amol and Nick look at what the plan to end
smoking for the younger generation – which passed its first
parliamentary hurdle this week – says about the direction of the
Conservative Party and the control Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has
over his MPs.


They’re joined by Sir David Davis, known for his campaigning on
civil liberties, who explains why he believes the smoking bill is
the right side of “nanny statism”.


And chef, novelist and judge of the Great British Bake Off, Dame
Prue Leith, pops into the studio to provide her view on whether
similar action is needed to tackle obesity - and to share her
moment of the week.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hazel
Morgan and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from
Dafydd Evans. Digital production from Elliot Ryder.