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Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by EdenRester@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Back many many moons ago in the year 2008 I traveled to the great city Vancouver to see a friend. They took me to a venue to see a band and cigarette smoking wasn't allowed.

But you bet your fucking ass there was plenty of people smoking weed. Which seems to be just fine...breathing in second hand smoke...which is the main reason these tabacco restrictions are in place.

EDIT

I don't care if you smoke weed, only it has the same second hand smoke issue tabacco does and should follow the same rule.

[–] InformalTrifle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It smells so much worse too