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UK moves to ban smoking for everyone born after 2008 - Feddit.dk
feddit.dk- Technically, the new law will raise the legal age requirement in the UK for
buying cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, which is currently 18, by one year in
every subsequent year, starting on January 1, 2027 - This will effectively mean
that people born on or after January 1, 2009 will never be eligible to buy them
- Retailers will face financial penalties for selling the products to those not
entitled to them - The government will also be empowered to impose a new
registration system for smoking and vaping products entering the country,
seeking to improve oversight - The bill will expand the UK’s indoor smoking ban
to a series of outdoor public spaces, for instance in children’s playgrounds,
outside schools and hospitals - Most indoor spaces that are designated
smoke-free will become vape-free as well - Smoking in designated areas outside
pubs and bars and other hospitality settings will remain permissible - Smoking
and vaping will remain legal in people’s homes - Vaping will become illegal in
cars if someone under the age of 18 is inside, to match existing rules on
smoking - Advertising for smoking and vaping products will be banned - People
aged 18 or older will remain eligible to purchase vaping products, but some
items targeted at younger consumers like disposable vapes have already been
outlawed as part of the program
You don’t think this will have no impact? Do you think it needs to be perfect to be worthwhile?
The only impact it will have is it will make smoking more dangerous, by removing what few regulations there already are in regards to the production of tobacco products. Alcohol prohibition in the US didn’t get rid of alcoholism, it just made drinking more dangerous as people turned to bathtub spirits that were made under questionable means. The amount of people who quit drinking directly because of prohibition is absolutely negligible.
Are they getting rid of regulations on tobacco products? Article says there will be more oversight. And because there are still legitimate avenues for people who aren’t impacted, there won’t be much support for black markets to develop.
Some of the changes will prevent exposure of other people to smoke. That’s going to overall reduce danger from tobacco products at the population level. Even if it makes smoking more dangerous for those that defy the law, the number of people overall exposed to both firsthand and secondhand smoke is going to be reduced. I’d take that trade-off, but I don’t think the danger to would be smokers is going to increase.
The amount of people who quit drinking directly because of prohibition was about 70% of the population at first decreasing to about 40% as prohibition continued. That’s not negligible. There are plenty of negative consequences that happened because of it, though. I don’t, however, think the UK is going to get a vape mafia.
I’m not sure if it will have much of an impact, but I think it’s worth a shot.