UK smoking ban for those born after 2009

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BikeBikeBIke said:

Which raises the hilarious thought that if your LA fine collector stops you in the street for smoking and demands £60 can you simply say "This is a joint." and carry on smoking without censure.

The law covers purchasing not use - though in future being find £100 for purchasing cigarettes on behalf of a 45 year old when in 30 years time a pack of cigarettes will probably cost £100 might not be the deterrent they think it is.

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Hants PHer said:

Dagnir said:

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Adults have the right to harm their body if they want to. The cost of smoking to the UK is similar to alcohol and actually causes far less violent crime etc. Fatty/processed foods are allowed and even advertised.

If it's not the cost and the smoking isn't hurting anyone else, on what principle can this be justified?

Good question (my bold). The principle seems to be "We politicians know best"; not every politician of course. But this appears to include Laura Farris MP, who told LBC that the proposed policy was "very sensible" and that she wasn't "particularly interested in arguments about freedom".

Well, thanks for that, Laura Farris. What other freedoms are you not particularly interested in, I wonder? Coming from a government minister her comment is rather disturbing in my opinion.

Given there has never been a time in my living memory when our politicians were less likely to know what was best for me or anyone else that is actually a frightening thought.