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.
  • 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not necessarily. People could actually start smoking more because tax free cigarettes are astronomically cheaper

    • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Are people smoking less weed now it’s legal in many US states?

      Where do you think tax free cigarettes are going to come from?

      • 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        They are either domestic bootlegs or imports. If cigarettes were actually fully banned, organized crime groups would begin mass cigarette smuggling and manufacturing operations. Sounds ridiculous, but it’s true

        • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          People don’t enjoy or need smoking that much, so no.

          And my first question?