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Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generation (news.sky.com)

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[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Imagine turning 18 (or whatever the smoking age is in the UK) and starting to smoke during the year this rule takes effect. Then, every year from that point forward, you'd have to wait for your birthday to start smoking again.

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It is 18.

But this law will be designed to target current 14 year olds. In theory they will never legally be allowed to smoke.

If you're smoking now, this will not affect you.

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[-] jerome@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Meh. We're all going to be dead from climate change.

[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

We are all going to be dead, why care at all?

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[-] arc@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I don't know if that's feasible given that adults are adults after all. But maybe just restrict the sale of cigarettes and make it so burdensome to sell them in shops so most don't even bother. And do the same for vapes. Vapes are ridiculously easy to buy so stick them in the same locked cabinet that other nicotine products go in and ban all advertising and signage.

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