The evidence provided for this claim consists only of general definitions of 'individual' from Wikipedia and dictionary sources, and does not contain any specific evidence regarding a 'lifetime ban on purchasing cigarettes, vapes, and heated tobacco' for affected individuals. Therefore, the claim cannot be corroborated or verified.

Multiple web search results discuss the concept of restricting tobacco sales based on birth dates (e.g., 'rolling age ban' for those born on or after January 1, 2009). However, the evidence provided includes general Wikipedia articles about 'Shops' and unrelated topics, and the web results appear to be reporting on a specific proposed law without confirming its current status or universal application across all shops. The evidence is heavily focused on the *proposal* rather than a confirmed, general restriction across all shops.

The evidence provided for this claim includes Wikipedia entries for the number '12' and '12.12', but no source directly corroborates the specific projection that the policy could reduce smoking prevalence among 12 to 30-year-olds to below 5% by the late 2040s. This specific statistic appears in the context of the web search results related to the policy, but without independent confirmation, it cannot be marked 'corroborated'.

The web search results confirm that the UK government has proposed anti-tobacco legislation (the 'Tobacco and Vapes Bill'). However, the evidence does not specify that the proposal was made 'last year' or explicitly state the sole purpose was to 'break the cycle of addiction,' although this is the stated goal in the search snippets.

The evidence provided points to laws raising the minimum age for tobacco sales (e.g., Tobacco 21 in the US, raising the age to 21). While this shows a trend of raising the age, the evidence does not support the specific claim that the policy *permanently raises the legal age by one year every year* in the manner described.