Public Health Minister Anna Soubry has said it is "ridiculous and appalling" that Britons have to "go abroad to end their life" but other Conservative MPs have warned that any change would be a "slippery slope" and would be firmly opposed.

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However, conservative critics suggest the Clinton Administration's approach may put tobacco on the slipper slope towards a new Prohibition.

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