UK Generational Tobacco Ban Incoming

[rbbrock]

I just saw an update today that a new ban has passed the UK Parliament which will, after royal approval, ban anyone born after 2008 from buying any tobacco product in perpetuity.

If this stands, it will be the death knell, eventually, of some truly historic businesses.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/16253865/smoking-banned-anyone-born-after-2008-clears-parliament/

 

[lucasbuck]

Good luck with that. This will be an epic fail. Prohibition doesn’t work. This is beyond stupid. What a bunch of wankers.

 

[jayro75]

Good luck with that. This will be an epic fail. Prohibition doesn’t work. This is beyond stupid. What a bunch of wankers.

Would be a great time to be a bootlegger in the UK.. Just saying!

 

[bfreebern]

How about they ban the vapes? Does anyone truly know the rammifications of vaping yet?

 

[CigarStone]

Doesn't make sense. So when these people are 50 years old they will still never be able to buy tobacco products while everyone else can?

The bill says "The Tobacco and Vapes Bill passed through Parliament today and will make it illegal for anyone born after 2008 to buy tobacco from a shop." Not sure what "from a shop" means but this sounds like and AI scam.

 

[rbbrock]

Doesn't make sense. So when these people are 50 years old they will still never be able to buy tobacco products while everyone else can?

Correct. The bill raises the legal age to purchase tobacco products by one year, every year, from 2027 forward.

The bill says "The Tobacco and Vapes Bill passed through Parliament today and will make it illegal for anyone born after 2008 to buy tobacco from a shop." Not sure what "from a shop" means but this sounds like and AI scam.

From a retailer in the UK. There are tons of articles about the bill, it's not made up.

 

[lucasbuck]

The war on tobacco keeps getting more and more ridiculous.

 

[CigarStone]

Correct. The bill raises the legal age to purchase tobacco products by one year, every year, from 2027 forward.

From a retailer in the UK. There are tons of articles about the bill, it's not made up.

It just doesn't make sense. Unless it is a sneaky attempt to eliminate tobacco shops altogether. Think about it, in time, there will be nobody alive or aloud to buy from a tobacco shop?

 

[rbbrock]

It just doesn't make sense. Unless it is a sneaky attempt to eliminate tobacco shops altogether. Think about it, in time, there will be nobody alive or aloud to buy from a tobacco shop?

Yes, that is the point.

 

[CigarStone]

I'm guessing this is a result of the government's inability to profit enough from tobacco sales. The world's governments have figured out how to profit from drug distribution which is why they don't shut it down. They make money from the sales and they make money from the fake attempts to eliminate it. Nice gig if you can get it.

Maybe this is an attempt to push tobacco in the same direction?

 

[lucasbuck]

It makes tobacco illegal at some point. Pushes it in to the black market. If this insane law stands there will still be plenty of smoking in the UK. This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen in my life.