1st October - Purchase of tabaco products goes up to 18

[T0M]

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!!!!!

No doubt that will happen soon enough, and then driving will be raised more, school has now been raised to 18 i think? or are they just talking about that :S not sure on that one really. But rules will keep being changed and manipulated more and more so that we are controlled more british public needs to stand up for itself IMO, marches/protests rather than just mumbling about it, get out there and make a stand

[helenisthebest!]

No doubt that will happen soon enough, and then driving will be raised more, school has now been raised to 18 i think? or are they just talking about that :S not sure on that one really. But rules will keep being changed and manipulated more and more so that we are controlled more british public needs to stand up for itself IMO, marches/protests rather than just mumbling about it, get out there and make a stand

na it hasn't been.
yeah well it's so stupid.
driving probably will be raised :/ which is moronic. but i'm gonna pass before it will be so

[Kross619]

No doubt over 18s will buy it for them, but our ******* goverment just makes it worse with stupid laws and stuff.

[Ezzie.]

Sorry.. Just wanting to spread a little SANITY here:

Okay. So well done, at sixteen you're considered an adult, you want to live your life further into adulthood? So it should be YOUR choice to have:

Higher impotence percentage
High risk of type 2 diabetes
2/3 times more likely to have a heart attack
higher risk of strokes
a high risk of getting a desease or lung defect which leaves you constantly breathless.

Yeah... sorry.. you're fantastic adults for choosing that lifestyle?
While we're at it we might aswell encourage suicide..

[lAdmire]

It should be illegal. Period.

[Technologic]

Agreed with above. But they should provide free nicotine patches and inhalers for all those people hooked on it.. They cant just go "you stop smoking now". People will go insane ;l