alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square437fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down131cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarerustydrd@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·1 year agoImagine 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.
minus-squaresugartits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt 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.
minus-squareCurlyMoustache@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoOh, the horror!
minus-squarerustydrd@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t and never have, but this doesn’t make the proposed rule less ridiculous.
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.
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.
Oh, the horror!
Or just… don’t smoke?
I don’t and never have, but this doesn’t make the proposed rule less ridiculous.
It’s DOB not age.