Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations
Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, The Guardian reported on Friday, citing government sources.
That’s a single thing I could agree with him.
Smoking is utterly disgusting.
Why do people always do that? I agree it would be a good move, but because smoking is unhealthy and addictive and it's existence in our society makes it collectively worse. But here I keep seeing people just say they're glad because they think cigarettes are icky.
Tobacco is ‘icky’ and also usually a red flag for poorly though-out people.
Does he have a financial stake in vaping?
The tories took a £350k donation from a vape company this month.
Huh... that tracks
Guess he doesn't have any investments in Tobacco, or he has investments in Vaping.
It'll be seen as punishing the youth, which will bring his core electorate joy.
Very rare based moment for the UK government. Shows you that even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Isn’t every “ban” for future generations?
"which include a ban on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009"
Currently as one becomes 18 it becomes legal to buy tobacco products. Banning for future generations means that this stops being the case and nobody currently under 18 will gain the right to do so on their 18th birthday.
I can't imagine this being legally sound - that some citizens have the right to decide for themselves whether to smoke but others don't.
That’s a single thing I could agree with him.
Smoking is utterly disgusting.
That’s a single thing I could agree with him.
Smoking is utterly disgusting.
Think about the lost revenue! Insane!
Yet again governmental overreach. If people want to smoke, let them smoke. It's none of your business to babysit adults. I hate it when the government is trying to push people into little boxes. And I am not even a smoker. I hate smoking and think it's disgusting. At at the same time, I don't want the state to control every single piece of my life. If I ever decide to smoke, I shall have the right to do so and decide what I put in my body.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sept 22 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, The Guardian reported on Friday, citing government sources.
Sunak is looking at anti-smoking measures similar to laws New Zealand announced last year, which include a ban on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, the report said.
"We want to encourage more people to quit and meet our ambition to be smokefree by 2030, which is why we have already taken steps to reduce smoking rates," a British government spokesperson said in an emailed response to Reuters.
Those measures include free vape kits, a voucher scheme to incentivise pregnant women to quit, and consulting on mandatory cigarette pack inserts, the spokesperson added.
Britain in May announced it would close a loophole that let retailers give free samples of vapes to children in a clampdown on e-cigarettes.
Separately, councils in England and Wales in July called on the government to ban the sale of single-use vapes by 2024 on both environmental and health grounds.
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