• Womble@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    such a dumb law, are we really going to be IDing people in 20 years time to see if they are 37 or 38? If you want to do more to discourage smoking put up the tax on it and use that money to fund health interventions. Of course that would pose a minor inconvenience to rich retired people so cant expect the tories to do that.

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      9 months ago

      I used to think this was a solid argument but it really doesn’t work

      I quit smoking around the price being £5 my brother in law is currently paying 15 and going strong having never worked a taxed job in all that time.

      Sadly if you want it bad enough you will find a way.

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        9 months ago

        Of course it isnt 100% but I know my parents gave up because it got too expensive. That’s also why the money raised should be funnelled into intervention programs.