A draft law in the UK to create a "smoke-free generation" by banning smoking for anybody born after 2008 has cleared both houses of parliament. Only the king's signature remains for it to become law.
  • Technically, the new law will raise the legal age requirement in the UK for buying cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, which is currently 18, by one year in every subsequent year, starting on January 1, 2027
  • This will effectively mean that people born on or after January 1, 2009 will never be eligible to buy them
  • Retailers will face financial penalties for selling the products to those not entitled to them
  • The government will also be empowered to impose a new registration system for smoking and vaping products entering the country, seeking to improve oversight
  • The bill will expand the UK’s indoor smoking ban to a series of outdoor public spaces, for instance in children’s playgrounds, outside schools and hospitals
  • Most indoor spaces that are designated smoke-free will become vape-free as well
  • Smoking in designated areas outside pubs and bars and other hospitality settings will remain permissible
  • Smoking and vaping will remain legal in people’s homes
  • Vaping will become illegal in cars if someone under the age of 18 is inside, to match existing rules on smoking
  • Advertising for smoking and vaping products will be banned
  • People aged 18 or older will remain eligible to purchase vaping products, but some items targeted at younger consumers like disposable vapes have already been outlawed as part of the program
  • Blander_Rurton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Maybe so, but they are terrible for you and there shouldn’t be incentive to do it. Vapes are very cheap, this is partly why they’re so popular with children. Maybe it they were a bit pricier then people would think twice. Can also put tax towards public health service.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 minutes ago

      No one is incentivizing people to smoke. And why should one person have to pay a tax for thier vice, while others don’t. Alcohol is literally poison. It’s worse than terrible for you. But that one is ok? There are those who would argue adamantly that red meat is terrible for you and the environment. Should we try to tax those two out of existence. Why should we be trying to make people think twice. They have a right to make their decisions without other people interference and judgements. We could go deeper down this rabbit hole and get into sexual orientation and such. The same arguments were made for laws against that… it’s terrible, it’s not natural. Maybe they will think twice if we make laws against it…