Thread: smoking and the pub
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Old 31-10-2005, 21:44   #601
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Re: smoking and the pub
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Originally Posted by Julian
If our illustrious government REALLY wanted to do something serious about smoking they would do well to target the children who take it up.

Raise the minimum age to 18 to buy tobacco products and, most importantly, make it illegal for children under the age of 18 to POSSESS tobacco products.

You could quite soon remove a generation of potential smokers and remove one of the key things that they think makes them look tough.
I agree that we should be doing everything to stop kids smoking (and it's girls leading the way I believe). I dunno about extending prohibition though - kids will get hold of fags the same way they do Lambrini.
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