alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down124
arrow-up1610arrow-down1external-linkSunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationnews.sky.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squaresuperkret@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down12·2 years agoAh yes, because making drugs illegal has worked so well in the past.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down6·2 years agoRead the article for fucks sake. They’re not making the drug illegal, just cigarettes. People who want nicotine still have other options. It’s like how no one goes out of their way to make/sell pure ethanol, because you can still buy beer or vodka.
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 years agoThat’s still prohibition… it’s flat out dumb. A kid isn’t smoking a $10 cigar…
Ah yes, because making drugs illegal has worked so well in the past.
Read the article for fucks sake.
They’re not making the drug illegal, just cigarettes. People who want nicotine still have other options.
It’s like how no one goes out of their way to make/sell pure ethanol, because you can still buy beer or vodka.
That’s still prohibition… it’s flat out dumb. A kid isn’t smoking a $10 cigar…