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UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18s (www.reuters.com)

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[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

Cool. Now ban everything else potentially harmful.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 2 hours ago

Good on the UK... for once...

It seems the minimum age will slowly increase, basically meaning anyone under 18 now and anyone born in the future will be unable to smoke cigarettes.

There will be the classic "black market hurr durr" people like when other drugs were banned, but evidence always shows it's better overall.

[–] Bassman27@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Big W for corner shops across the uk now they can sell cigarettes without tax

[–] CultuurMarxist@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Here comes the black market

[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

Is the ban also on vapes, e-cigs, snus and nicotine pouches etc? Or only for cigarettes? Either way, the black market will work out for the people who want to use these products.