Smoking age raised to 18

Another step in the right direction happened today. The legal smoking age has been raised to 18 years old from 16. The horrifying figures from the Department of Health state that a smoker that starts at 15 is twice more likely of being killed by their lifelong addiction.

I’m hoping that this will make a difference to the amount of kids starting smoking at a young age. If it doesn’t we’re going to see a lot more teenagers outside shop-fronts asking adults to ‘buy us some ciggies’.

The Department of Health have created a dedicated website, how nice of them, which explains the Tobacco Age Change. It includes information about the law, faq and downloads.

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