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

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/479123

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.

  • HipPriest@kbin.social
    61·
    9 months ago

    I like how they focused on vapes first and then looked at smoking laws…

    Have to say it though I’d agree with doing something pro-active anti-smoking, but he can say any old thing knowing he won’t have to follow through on it now.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPAEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I like how they focused on vapes first and then looked at smoking laws…

      First they came for the vapes…

            • FlaxEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              And then I said nothing because I am not a fag

                • FlaxEnglish
                  21·
                  9 months ago

                  And then I said nothing because I wasn’t my uncle who died from a heart attack after eating a McDonald’s for every meal and he said nothing because he was dead

                  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPAEnglish
                    4·
                    9 months ago

                    Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

                    “First they came” by Mr Kipling (1967-2025), who made exceedingly good cakes, until The Sugar Prohibition Act.