Cigarettes to be BANNED for people under 21 in new plans by MPs

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Cigarettes to be BANNED for people under 21 in new plans by MPs (UK)

04 March 2019 | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/la...ain-mps-smoking-bob-blackman-health-secretary

THE legal age to buy cigarettes should be raised from 18 to 21, a group of MPs and peers has said.

Taxes on tobacco products should also be raised to reduce their affordability and put people off, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health said. Its chairman, Tory Bob Blackman, said: "Smoking remains the leading cause of premature death and health inequalities."

Other measures proposed by the group include spending more on educational campaigns and making manufacturers insert "stop smoking" cards inside packs.

Rules on smoking in TV programmes and films should also be tightened.

The group said that while the Health Secretary's commitment to fund stop-smoking services is welcome, treatment "is only part of the solution".

The British Lung Foundation's Penny Woods said: "Raising the age of sale from 18 to 21 will help stop experimentation from becoming a fatal habit and reinforce the dangers."

 

[KhalaiMakhlooq]

its really hard to smoke these days. you have to go to special zones, you cant smoke in bars clubs restaurants, enclosed spaces, work vehicles, hotel rooms, public places. then your mum is constantly nagging you to give up. its already anti-social enough. plus the actual tax paid on the pack of cigarettes is around 75%
eg. a 12 pounds box will be nearly 9 in tax. tobacco companies doent make much money, its the treasury

changing to age from 18 to 21, will just make it more desirable for kids. because they love being illicit