Originally Posted by
helenisthebest!
it is so stupid, i don't think there's any upside.
at 16 we are meant to be "adults", we can buy a house, get married and have children, but we can't smoke?
if we are deemed mature enough to own our own home and bring children into the world, then surely we're old enough to make our own decisions about smoking.
and the whole idea behind it is stupid, because like with alcohol, people are just going to get older friends to get it for them, and shops are probably going to be lenient with it anyway because of the amount of money they could potentially lose.
to the people who hate smoking and think this is great, it isn't going to make the slightest difference to you.
people are not going to give up smoking because they can't buy it legally.
do you think if the drinking age was raised to 21 18-21 year olds would stop drinking? :rolleyes:
ugh stupid!!!!!