Exclusive: Sources say law could gradually increase smoking age to ultimately prevent sales to people born after certain year

Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned.

Whitehall sources said the prime minister was looking at measures similar to those brought in by New Zealand last December. They involved steadily increasing the legal smoking age so tobacco would end up never being sold to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009.

  • @huginn@feddit.it
    0•1 year ago

    Only actions of drinkers that may effect other will ever be considered an issue.

    Yeah and we should ban cars to get rid of drunk driving tbh

    • @HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      If we ban oxygen all crimes would stop. And the planet would soon recover.

      Fortunately we are democratic enough not to listen to outright stupid ideas. Or to punish all for the stupidity of some.

    • @Wage_slave@lemmy.ml
      0•1 year ago

      In any context, this is the most infuriatingly fucking stupid argument there is.

      “well we should ban…”

      Instantly stupid. just add human.