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MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009
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such a dumb law, are we really going to be IDing people in 20 years time to see if they are 37 or 38? If you want to do more to discourage smoking put up the tax on it and use that money to fund health interventions. Of course that would pose a minor inconvenience to rich retired people so cant expect the tories to do that.
I used to think this was a solid argument but it really doesn't work
I quit smoking around the price being £5 my brother in law is currently paying 15 and going strong having never worked a taxed job in all that time.
Sadly if you want it bad enough you will find a way.
Of course it isnt 100% but I know my parents gave up because it got too expensive. That's also why the money raised should be funnelled into intervention programs.
Oh I absolutely agree the funding should pat for the NHS.
More on topic recently they raised the smoking age to 18 (I think it was scotland only though) I did find it cruel that they made some legal smokers suddenly illegal for 2 yrs more.
At least that is the same law applying to everyone instead of creating some kind of two tier system where certain adults have rights that others don't.