zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoSmoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunakwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square248linkfedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down136
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minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·edit-22 years ago should rise from 18, by one year every year If that truly continued every year, that means someone too young to legally smoke could eventually die of old age when the legal smoking age is, say, 90 and they're 89.  EDIT: I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
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minus-squarerogrodre [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI've never heard of underage people drinking so I'm sure this will work too.
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoit is harder for underage people to drink but normally in the UK when underage people drink it's teenagers and they're supervised to some degree
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agowe had a very different experience growing up lmao
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoby some degree I mean it's at someone's house
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agowe just got wankered on white lightning in parks mostly
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
minus-squareh3doublehockeysticks [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoThat's the point.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
minus-squarebooty [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoYep, the idea is to prevent new kids from getting addicted to this awful shit without hurting people who are already addicted.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
If that truly continued every year, that means someone too young to legally smoke could eventually die of old age when the legal smoking age is, say, 90 and they're 89. 
EDIT: I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
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I've never heard of underage people drinking so I'm sure this will work too.
it is harder for underage people to drink but normally in the UK when underage people drink it's teenagers and they're supervised to some degree
we had a very different experience growing up lmao
by some degree I mean it's at someone's house
we just got wankered on white lightning in parks mostly
I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
That's the point.
I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.
Yep, the idea is to prevent new kids from getting addicted to this awful shit without hurting people who are already addicted.
I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.