*DEBATE* Should the age of being allowed to buy cigarettes be raised from 16 to 18

[Cloud-Strife]

Yes i think it should be.

It will stop inconsiderate smokers that are imature and smoke all over the place.

If i inhale smoke i start coughing and have to rest and breath!!!! and all because some immature 16 year old smokes right in front of me as i walk out of a public place. Passive smoking can also damge younger children and i think 16 year odls that smoke don't always realise this

[FlyingJesus]

Because it won't stop me, it will just cost me an extra 8p.
Goverment are stupid anyway.

And as I said before, that means they get more money from it. It's a win-win situation for the government, some people might quit due to the costs, but the tax increase makes up for it, and if not many people quit, they make even more money.

[Nightrose]

Yeah it should be, to many people smoke now

[Jordan3]

Yeah it should be, to many people smoke now

Define "too many". You don't know exactly how many people smoke, and what makes you think too many people do?

[anthenth.]

Ye For Defo

[Foks]

Ye For Defo

Yes but why ;s

Lets face it, if they raised the smoking age the government would hike up the taxes on everything else. quite alot of the revenue from the selling of cigarettes is actually taxes. not much of the money goes the the companies who produce them in the first place.
The government need money just like we do. they can;t just make it. so would you prefer to spend more on taxes when your older, or let a few pathetic 16 year olds smoke themselvs to death? ;s i know which one i'd choose.

[FlyingJesus]

Britain has become basically unindustrialised. We don't rely on our own produce to make us money anymore, we now only get money through taxes, loans (3rd world countries) and labour service. We send out people to work for foreign companies, bringing the money from that country into our own in return for the work our citizens do. Aside from that, all we have is taxes. Take away cigarettes and like Alumina said, tax on other things go up.

[JellyWorm]

I smoke Draw and Green Doesnt bother me as i look 18 :S

[FlyingJesus]

It would bother you, seeing as how just about everyone 18 year old has some form of ID, so it would be easier to establish between people who are 18 and people who look 18. Still, for reasons said throughout this debate by myself and others, no to the age increase.

[-:Undertaker:-]

If we made the limit higher theres not point because underage kids are smoking now, so what differance does it make ?