Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the smoking age every year in a move welcomed by health charities but criticised by those in the tobacco industry.
  • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    But I don’t think the government should be able to decide what an adult puts in their own body.

    What if nicotine is legal, and only the smoking is illegal?

    • steeznson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think that is what’s being proposed by the policy. I suppose I have two objections to that: Firstly, I think people should be able to make bad choices provided they aren’t harming others. Secondly, it could be counterproductive creating an artifical scarcity for younger generations; like it could end up making smoking cool again like cannabis (arguably) is.