• Big P@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    You could argue that about any law. The majority of people aren’t going to start smoking if its not easily available to them

    • ImNotADolphin@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      That assumes that this idea would actually work. I doubt that it will actually be challenging to get hold of cigarettes after this goes into place, there will almost certainly be a lot of shops that will still sell them to people who are under the minimum age. For it to work properly I think there would have to be a lot of money spent on enforcing it. Alternatively though, one could argue that even that is better than not having any measures put in place.