zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoSmoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunakwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square250fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down136
arrow-up1394arrow-down1external-linkSmoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunakwww.bbc.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square250fedilink
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·edit-29 months 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. ![skeleton-wave](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/c1c5902b-a614-4c22-9fe9-93fb3678cccb.gif "emoji skeleton-wave") 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-up8·9 months agoI've never heard of underage people drinking so I'm sure this will work too.
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months 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-up8·9 months agowe had a very different experience growing up lmao
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoby some degree I mean it's at someone's house
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agowe just got wankered on white lightning in parks mostly
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months 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-29 months agoThat's the point.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months 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-up9·9 months 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-up4·9 months 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. ![skeleton-wave](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/c1c5902b-a614-4c22-9fe9-93fb3678cccb.gif "emoji skeleton-wave")
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.