There’s nothing to defend, a good policy decision. Sadly one that is being used to deflect from other moronic policy decisions.
What about disposable and under age vaping, Rish!?
It’s a good plan, but odd the “Party of Small Government” wants to move into this space – before you know it they will be proposing a Meat Tax and forcing us to car-pool!
Seeing all these articles about this today really makes me fancy a cigarette.
Funny to think that sometime in the future a 49 year old will be sending their 50 year old friend in for some fags.
I wish the government would tell me more about what I’m allowed to consume. They should ban alcohol, energy drinks, sugary fizzy drinks, fast food, sweets, chocolate, vapes, to start with.
Wait, is Rishi saying he wants cleaner air?
I’m getting such mixed messages.
Embarrassing policy from a supposedly conservative government
On one hand I get it. When you have universal heathcare you don’t want resources to be wasted on preventable stuff like this.
On the other hand this is a dog shit policy. Regardless of your take on smoking, why should someone have more rights just because they were born earlier? It should either be banned for everybody (they wouldn’t dare) or nobody.
There’s 36 Marlboro red in our kitchen junk drawer from about 3 years ago. I might hang onto them…could be worth a Bob or two.
Kids aren’t taking up smoking anyway. They’re vaping. They rarely go on to smoke. So when smoking figures go down he’ll say “I did that” even though they were going down naturally.
If labour was to get into power next year, would this continue?
I feel like this sets a bad precedent. People 65 or older are far more likely to have a heart attack, maybe we should force everyone to become vegetarian at 60.. for their health.
Tories: What other arbitrary things can we come up with so that people don’t look at how much we’ve tanked everything??
This is the definition of ageism. Older generations thinking they get to lecture and control younger adults on what they may smoke.
Didn’t the NZ Prime Minister get applauded for doing the same thing? Interesting that Rishi doesn’t get the same (don’t get me wrong, it’s one of the few good things has done, but I still think it’s a good decision)
I imagine Rishi has a big rotating wheel called “What Can We Ban To Distract People From The Crumbling Economy?”
– *spins the wheel*
Rishi: “Ban Bully dogs? Nah we did that last week. Let’s spin it again”
– *spins the wheel*
Rishi: “This week it’s cigarettes. Let’s ignore the fact they bring in high tax revenue and ban them. The wheel knows all”
Isn’t all it’s going to do is just force cigarettes onto the black market? Then we don’t get the money from the tax and stuff right? Basically becomes less controlled?
1st thing he’s done that I agree with.
Ironically this will probably lose him the votes of a certain demographic of people which also is a nice result too.
Best of both worlds
I don’t understand why people are against this, people are addicted and very few smoke because they enjoy it.
Ask pretty much any older smoker if they could go back and stop 15 year old them from smoking if they would, vast majority would.
Rishi is a shit pm but this is a good policy.
As much as I think Sunak is a prick, this is one policy I do agree with
He should reduce the tax on cigarettes and increase it for fast food, sugary drinks etc if health is the priority.
This is a fantasy policy and I’m surprised people here are buying into it. You really think that a _grown adult_ will not be able to get their hands on a pack of cigs when it’s still legal for most of the population to buy it?
The reason that the ban on children buying cigarettes works is because they’re children ffs.
Why does Reddit hate fags? You all need to get a life lmao
Alcohol kills loads too – alcoholics are also chronic annoyances and massive burdens. Then there’s is drunk driving etc.
Defend? Odd language given that this is a great policy.
I look forward to the rest of Rishi’s ‘throw shit at a wall and see what sticks’ era.
As a smoker, here’s a horrible idea, but one I’d be delighted if someone had the courage to do it..
Ban all nictoine products, and make them only available on presciption.
I would expect to have a miserable month, but then be okay. For those who weren’t, they could get a prescription. It would require a commitment, and I think that would be a breaking point for many.
If you think its a human rights issue of freedome? Bollox. Its massively toxic and would never be licensed as a new product. Legalise Cannabis instead.
I wish there was some separation between tobacco products rather than just considering everything “smoking” in the habitual sense – I mean, of all the ways to consume tobacco it strikes me that cigarettes are the only kind that foster addiction due to the more accessible price, ergo to the detriment of their health.
I’d be very shocked if a fair few of the conservative party members weren’t chomping down on a stogie or two at a social event or celebration!
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There’s nothing to defend, a good policy decision. Sadly one that is being used to deflect from other moronic policy decisions.
What about disposable and under age vaping, Rish!?
It’s a good plan, but odd the “Party of Small Government” wants to move into this space – before you know it they will be proposing a Meat Tax and forcing us to car-pool!
Seeing all these articles about this today really makes me fancy a cigarette.
Funny to think that sometime in the future a 49 year old will be sending their 50 year old friend in for some fags.
I wish the government would tell me more about what I’m allowed to consume. They should ban alcohol, energy drinks, sugary fizzy drinks, fast food, sweets, chocolate, vapes, to start with.
Wait, is Rishi saying he wants cleaner air?
I’m getting such mixed messages.
Embarrassing policy from a supposedly conservative government
On one hand I get it. When you have universal heathcare you don’t want resources to be wasted on preventable stuff like this.
On the other hand this is a dog shit policy. Regardless of your take on smoking, why should someone have more rights just because they were born earlier? It should either be banned for everybody (they wouldn’t dare) or nobody.
There’s 36 Marlboro red in our kitchen junk drawer from about 3 years ago. I might hang onto them…could be worth a Bob or two.
Kids aren’t taking up smoking anyway. They’re vaping. They rarely go on to smoke. So when smoking figures go down he’ll say “I did that” even though they were going down naturally.
If labour was to get into power next year, would this continue?
I feel like this sets a bad precedent. People 65 or older are far more likely to have a heart attack, maybe we should force everyone to become vegetarian at 60.. for their health.
Tories: What other arbitrary things can we come up with so that people don’t look at how much we’ve tanked everything??
This is the definition of ageism. Older generations thinking they get to lecture and control younger adults on what they may smoke.
Didn’t the NZ Prime Minister get applauded for doing the same thing? Interesting that Rishi doesn’t get the same (don’t get me wrong, it’s one of the few good things has done, but I still think it’s a good decision)
I imagine Rishi has a big rotating wheel called “What Can We Ban To Distract People From The Crumbling Economy?”
– *spins the wheel*
Rishi: “Ban Bully dogs? Nah we did that last week. Let’s spin it again”
– *spins the wheel*
Rishi: “This week it’s cigarettes. Let’s ignore the fact they bring in high tax revenue and ban them. The wheel knows all”
Isn’t all it’s going to do is just force cigarettes onto the black market? Then we don’t get the money from the tax and stuff right? Basically becomes less controlled?
1st thing he’s done that I agree with.
Ironically this will probably lose him the votes of a certain demographic of people which also is a nice result too.
Best of both worlds
I don’t understand why people are against this, people are addicted and very few smoke because they enjoy it.
Ask pretty much any older smoker if they could go back and stop 15 year old them from smoking if they would, vast majority would.
Rishi is a shit pm but this is a good policy.
As much as I think Sunak is a prick, this is one policy I do agree with
He should reduce the tax on cigarettes and increase it for fast food, sugary drinks etc if health is the priority.
This is a fantasy policy and I’m surprised people here are buying into it. You really think that a _grown adult_ will not be able to get their hands on a pack of cigs when it’s still legal for most of the population to buy it?
The reason that the ban on children buying cigarettes works is because they’re children ffs.
Why does Reddit hate fags? You all need to get a life lmao
Alcohol kills loads too – alcoholics are also chronic annoyances and massive burdens. Then there’s is drunk driving etc.
Defend? Odd language given that this is a great policy.
I look forward to the rest of Rishi’s ‘throw shit at a wall and see what sticks’ era.
As a smoker, here’s a horrible idea, but one I’d be delighted if someone had the courage to do it..
Ban all nictoine products, and make them only available on presciption.
I would expect to have a miserable month, but then be okay. For those who weren’t, they could get a prescription. It would require a commitment, and I think that would be a breaking point for many.
If you think its a human rights issue of freedome? Bollox. Its massively toxic and would never be licensed as a new product. Legalise Cannabis instead.
I wish there was some separation between tobacco products rather than just considering everything “smoking” in the habitual sense – I mean, of all the ways to consume tobacco it strikes me that cigarettes are the only kind that foster addiction due to the more accessible price, ergo to the detriment of their health.
I’d be very shocked if a fair few of the conservative party members weren’t chomping down on a stogie or two at a social event or celebration!