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.
  • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    117·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
      73·
      1 year ago

      That’s still prohibition… it’s flat out dumb. A kid isn’t smoking a $10 cigar…