Bill to ban smoking for anyone born after 2009 introduced by government

The government has put the UK on what it hopes will be a path to becoming a world leader in the fight against smoking-related diseases. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
It has introduced its Tobacco and Vapes bill that will mean that the legal age people can buy cigarettes will be raised by one year every year, so anyone born after 2009 will never legally be sold cigarettes.
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[@FloppaFan400]

Perhaps people wouldn’t smoke/drink as much if the government weren’t working their absolute hardest to make everyone feel as miserable and restricted as possible. How about educating the public and letting them make their own decisions? But personal autonomy isn’t the British way really.

[@skysurferuk]

Well said, sir! 👍 #parliamentnotfitforpurpose #traitors_all

[@traceywainwright]

Brilliant comment 👏

[@theonlybigsmoke]

​@@skysurferuk bro said sir

[@TransitionedToAShark]

Bruh google wef

[@Mrmallet777]

Exactly sugar tax is ridiculous like something from the Victorian era

[@deankirby7237]

This government does all the things we didn't ask it to do, and none of the things we asked it to do.

[@clovenbullet]

they know It'll never pass but they need something bang on about in the future that costs nothing

[@Sirlarrythecat]

The one thing the public really want is a general election.

[@tomdavis8757]

Actually no. You voted for it. The UK has been on its way to a nanny state for some time now. Your penal colony is even more advanced than you in that regard. Don’t take this as an insult. I’m American and we’ve become an international embarrassment. Sure makes you wonder how so many countries suddenly became liberal dictatorships simultaneously, no? Cheers

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

They are foreigners ...unelected ..and Unaccountable to the British people ..!!

[@VVayVVard]

Speak for yourself... it is very rare for a piece of legislation to do extreme good with zero harm to a country, and a full ban on smoking is one of those rare cases. It makes air cleaner and healthier for zero cost. Zero. Even tax revenues will be unaffected since ex-smokers will inevitably find other things to spend their money on. You live in absolute la-la land if you don't agree with this policy 100%.

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

We all know the politicians will carry on smoking their fat cigars regardless.

[@watcheronly71]

It'll be strict

[@PatrickMcAsey]

What an amazingly stupid commentt. Could you enlighten us and say which politicians 'smoke their fat cigars'?

[@tabsntoot]

Tell the cigar moguls selling cohiba for 1000 quid a box of 25 the prices have trebled in ten years on cigars

[@cvspvr]

in theory, you aren't supposed to smoke a cigar

[@PatrickMcAsey]

@@tabsntoot Who cares about cigars? Who even buys cigars? No ordinary person. And who can afford £1000 for a box of cigars, or who even wants to? There are much more serious problems and much more immediate problems than this.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

They gave everyone a nice blood clotting jab and now smoking is bad.

[@dougaltolan3017]

🔔🔚

[@tabularasa7775]

All those people dead in their 30's - 50's would have lived longer on 2 packs a day .

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@dougaltolan3017The surplus deaths say different 😂bahahahaha hilarious 😂you can't be that Thk

[@hawky2k215]

@@tabularasa7775 Not really. If been stopped they would lives extra longer

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

Not now. Smoking was bad prior.

[@azza4462]

Illegal unregulated tobacco trade now ran by criminal gangs is gunna make peoples health better?

[@johnmunro4952]

Our open borders! An actual Brexit benefit!

[@tonygange7636]

​@@johnmunro4952 Open borders in Europe

[@thecrimsoncrispy]

Organised crime can only thrive with corrupt officials, the uk isn’t Mexico or Italy, it will only be small scale

[@greatestytcommentator]

I saw a palette of packs of cigarettes in one of those cheap ciggie shops.. Plastic wrapped... but it was completely covered in Blood and Brains.. Some Truck Driver got shot in Eastern Europe for my Cheap ... Low Tax... Slims.. Never smoked agin.

[@TransitionedToAShark]

That’s what they want tho

[@jayteedeene5981]

Ban the subsidised bars in the commons and lords. Make their subsidised restaurants healthy food only.

[@dismalfist]

No. Make them 30p/meal.

[@jonathanwilson8951]

They can eat ze bugs.

[@jayteedeene5981]

@@jonathanwilson8951 😂

[@Nick-fg4dq]

​@@dismalfistsaw a new nickname for Lee Anderson the other day....Lee anderthal

[@jamessones4044]

Has this government ever seen what the average 15 year old is like these days? You’ve got absolutely no chance of reinforcing this law

[@maxbacon4828]

How's the "war on drugs" doing?.

[@joeb5765]

Drugs won.

[@skycloud4802]

Asian countries seem to be doing rather well.

[@VVayVVard]

Hard drugs are easy to consume in secret. But if you smoke in a city, good luck trying not to have anyone notice. You don't need a trained dog to notice if someone's smoked over the last 24 hours, or if someone's smoking within a mile's radius, or if someone has ever smoked in their apartment.

[@zuzannanowicka6348]

@@VVayVVard it’s like you have never smelled someone smoking a joint in the middle of the day on the street 🤯

[@imaner76]

They lost, mainly because it's profitable.

[@johncraig5647]

Stop telling people how to live

[@lardy70s]

​@@hikingjonesyso you can't smoke or vape in your own home, car or other property?. Yet these are still legal to purchase?.

[@Godmil]

I dunno, I'm happy for the government to tell multinational corporations that they aren't allowed to exploit children for profit.

[@lc1429]

you cant smoke indoors in most places or venues so how is your point relevant...... @@hikingjonesy

[@filipushka6936]

That's right most of the politicians do not even know how a life of a normal person looks like. All of them raised in rich families , getting a private healthcare etc and they are put in power to fix problems they never experienced before! During todays economic situation a smoke is the only pleasure ordinary Garry gets .

[@bennewman4675]

I think weed and cola leath sould be sold in every shop as cigarettes. To let people live how they want to live

[@simontombling2212]

And what about the fatal damage alcohol can cause.......??

[@CEP73]

Oooh you're so right!!! I'm always harping on about that. Yes cigarettes are bad and I still smoke but alcohol has a far worse effect on society..in my opinion. Yet no pics of cirrhotic livers or drink driving victims...on bottles of booze.

[@maccagrabme]

Dont worry they will be banning that next.

[@BearGryllsSpoofs]

But… profit 🤯

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

it's animal agriculture which should be banned

[@user-pr3kb6ie9v]

I eat meat - I drive a car - I love a glass of wine - I used to smoke! God, you people are effin boring!

[@historickeeper]

Not a smoker but does this mean sweets and soft drinks are next as obesity cost way more to the Nhs than smoking does.

[@gerhardmbaundjaurika3191]

🤣🤣🤣🤣I will not say anything

[@VVayVVard]

The thing is, nobody is forcing me to eat sweets. Yet it's impossible to walk in a city without being forced to breathe carcinogenic pollution.

[@historickeeper]

@@VVayVVard So ban cars and lorries as well.

[@VVayVVard]

@@historickeeper Just because water can be harmful doesn't mean it should be banned. But dimethylmercury should, because it's solely harmful. That's the difference.

[@wertrocks123]

Privatising North Sea Oil has cost the government roughly £400bn in lost income and you don't see the tories trying to fix that, do you?

[@karenrobinson129]

Nope! The SNP sold off most of the seabed for peanuts. Not the Tories

[@AtheistEve]

While you’re banning smoking, why not ban fatty fast food too?

[@PaganSkye]

Exactly

[@outcastp23]

Should tax fatty fast foot at 90% too, weight related ailments is surely costing the NHS far more than the net cost of healthcare for smokers.

[@michellelivingstone904]

Great point!

[@1414141x]

Good idea.

[@maccagrabme]

And betting shops and adverts.

[@vooteimer1234]

Authoritarianism Rising

[@johnmunro4952]

If your keep smoking after this ban, you should forfeit any access to the NHS.

[@dinghysupreme2972]

@@johnmunro4952 But they should also no longer have to pay into the NHS either, since they wouldn't be allowed to access it.

[@TheStarBlack]

Lol they're the tories, they've been in government for over a decade. This is hardly the first or most significant hint at their authoritarianism.

[@amarnahad2835]

@@johnmunro4952same for you alcohol drinkers who cost more on liver transplants and how about asking the drink driving victims if there feeling ok for a change!

[@mildlydispleased3221]

Grow up, mate.

[@triple.espresso]

how about banning sugar & all the additives in processed food & modified food

[@manmaje3596]

How about ban you. Killjoy.

[@paula622]

we would all be healthier, if we banned those without integrity becoming politicians, no pathological liars, gaslighters and fraudsters, no moral compass no job, these character flawed and defective individuals are much more toxic and damaging than cigarettes, I'll assume cigars will not be banned

[@izzytrue8630]

What about a ban on everyone in the 5th richest country in the world doesn't go hungry!!! Think on that!!!

[@nealgrimes4382]

A ban on homelessness would be good and the only money we would need to do this is the money used for treating it's symptoms.

[@baconatorrodriguez4651]

But a ban on homelessness and hunger isn't sexy.

[@happyme9010]

If you banned hunger/homelessness in the same sense then it would act to persecute people for being homeless or not providing enough food for their kids etc. you’d need it to be a slightly different way to achieve that. Like adopting the models they have in Finland with plenty of social support systems, but the Tory government aren’t going to do that. They will keep reducing taxes and national insurance and run the nhs and social security support systems into the ground so badly they’ll not recover, then we’ll end up like the USA, even richer but the money will all be with even fewer people who stand to gain from others poverty.

[@hankchinaski4075]

I thought on it and it doesn't make any sense grammatically.

[@bensims7501]

​@@hankchinaski4075🤣🤣🤣

[@michellelivingstone904]

I was a smoker, loved it, but knew it was terrible, but it was my constant! Thing is, you'll only quit IF you really want to, nothing else will work. I stopped in June 2017 (Yep you remember - its like a divorce but costs less!) Shoving bans in peoples faces is NOT the way to go.

[@exceldevelopment964]

@@NajBilywhy is it the governments job to stop smoking. People have free will. Bigger issues are out there that would benefit the economy more

[@TheDandonian]

Banning it from public places had a massive impact on the number of smokers. Bans are the only way to go but this is not a ban, it's a cowardly PR move, designed to say "We are doing something" without ever actually doing it.

[@TayWoode]

@@NajBilyhow would they stop people from getting fat? Ban food 😂

[@gabrieldsouza6541]

it's the government's job to treat people's smoking-related illnesses so its the government's job to stop people from developing those illnesses in the first place. the NHS is the biggest line item in the budget, so there really isn't a bigger fiscal issue than reducing unnecessary health spending.@@exceldevelopment964

[@Wonderkid44]

@@exceldevelopment964because smokers are a nuisance to the health care system

[@user-nz1ht3jq7y]

Can’t smoke, can’t speak, can’t disagree, can’t offend,

[@JakeLDS]

Can’t read, can’t get laid, can’t see your own todger.

[@captainsweatpants5229]

What about banning the TV Licence? Didn't think so...🤔🙄

[@Reddoguk]

If it's banned then gangsters will earn money as usual. Do you really think it'll stop people?

[@uptowndisco2]

it will just be another drug for them to peddle with a bigger market and probably more profit , always someone ready to move in when there is a market

[@nighttime6666]

That is that Americans say about guns

[@Strider9655]

@@nighttime6666Did banning knives work?

[@MrZeldion]

No it wont, but the MP's don't live in the real world so they don't actually have a clue which they have proven for years now.

[@nighttime6666]

@@Strider9655 no Banning depends on a group of components Banning guns worked because we have had a firearm registry that encompasses post guns in the uk circulation but knife/ sharp objects have alternate uses e.g. cutting, working uses and so on there are a group of factors that make the knife ban ineffective it is the same for the United States ps I think the uk weapon laws are silly

[@full_marx3047]

ah yes the nanny state the tories hate so much......

[@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s]

The 'tories' are further Left than New Labour. But you cretins call them 'far right'. To anger a Leftist just give them what they ask for

[@Weazelmania]

They're just a bunch of turncoats. There's nothing "Tory" about the Tories.

[@mystereality4689]

Imagine how much worse things are going to get once the Labour lunatics are in power….

[@onelove2909]

Indeed!

[@mystereality4689]

Woke Channel 4 interns deleting comments 😂😂

[@LordLorenzo834]

Top issues being dealt with i see.. what a fckn 🤡 show the UK is

[@Extraordinarywoman]

The government needs to stop telling people what to do. They work for us!

[@niblet112]

Exactly 100% agree. We are a sovereign nation supposed to be under common law. We are supposed to be our own kings and queens, why are we listening to public servants telling us what to do?????

[@robbiethepict2783]

Tobacco is far cheaper in Europe and their governments do not interfere in people's lives.

[@Chrisallengallery]

But we are IN Europe

[@zainzoala1083]

I am sure it isn’t by Russia 🇷🇺 or Chinese 🇨🇳 😂. But owned by some powerful countries in the west . That is why it is hard to ban it .

[@occamraiser]

nonsense - EVERY government interferes with people's lives - that's what laws are. There are no Anarchist nations in Europe so - no, you're absolutely wrong.

[@BearGryllsSpoofs]

@@Chrisallengallerydid you just miss Brexit or something? 🤯

[@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s]

@@BearGryllsSpoofs Imagine being so dumb you don't realise Europe is a place and the EU is a confederacy of countries

[@Gixer750pilot]

You’ll just drive it underground . With cheap fakes

[@greendsnow]

not if they're spared from it before they're addicted.

[@southhour5241]

Fentanyl laced cigs for the youth.

[@adamcastorp6415]

@@greendsnow There's no reason to believe that they won't try it. In fact, the ban could even make smoking an FU to the government, especially now that people are becoming more and more angry about how t0talitarian the UK is becoming.

[@Matt-bp5vy]

Awesome will be plenty of cheap non taxed cigs everywhere

[@simondavies109]

I still don't understand the 'it's costing the NHS millions' argument!?

[@nighttime6666]

For banning cigarettes or for not banning them ?

[@malcolmdale9607]

It costs the NHS millions to treat people with Lung Cancer, Emphysema, COPD. etc.

[@simondavies109]

​@@malcolmdale9607yes I get that but most people die from something which costs money to treat and does it matter if this treatment occurs when someone is 55 or 80 for example?

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@malcolmdale9607It cost them 7 billion a year for law suits paying for their own incompetence and mistakes . Stop part taking in gas lighting

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

They are Lying again ...

[@munners0852]

40 a day at 20 years of age has to be BS!

[@AB-su8wg]

What happened to personal freedom, we can’t protest, we can’t smoke, we can’t vape

[@titteryenot4524]

We can’t tell jokes.

[@robertmiur2388]

Well said

[@fburton8]

We can still take illegal drugs… oh, wait. 🍬

[@badabingbadaboomboom]

But you can chose to be homeless

[@layhingsiu-munro8810]

It's about responsibility. Like making compulsory using seat belts.

[@titteryenot4524]

_Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times._ (Mark Twain)

[@ttrublu79]

Me too 😂

[@Lin66452]

Yep I’m on 1001 lol 😂😂😂

[@spiff1]

i always say its easy to quit but its hard to stay quit

[@Iamthecreater]

😅😅😅😅 spot on

[@TheDMG45]

This law sets a very dangerous precedent, that adults are not by default entitled to the same rights.

[@paddy3126]

nobody said they want to ban adults from buying cigarettes the headline says "Bill to ban smoking for anyone born after 2009 introduced by government" anyone born AFTER 2009 is age 14 or younger and definitely should never smoke

[@TheDMG45]

@@paddy3126 You're missing the point: they will still be banned EVEN AFTER BECOMING ADULTS. The proposal is to permanently reduce their rights compared to the rest of us.

[@bertross9727]

Exactly! Where a 20 year old may have different rights to a 25 year old. Very very dangerous precedent. That's on top of the infringement on personal liberty. F""" this country and the winnets like paddy who'll cheerlead his own demise. Depressing.

[@chickenmadness1732]

@@paddy3126Next they'll ban food and force us all to eat bugs so they can keep their net zero target. If you give them an inch they'll take a mile.

[@VVayVVard]

They should just ban all tobacco products outright. Much easier and quicker. Enforcement in cities is going to be the easiest thing in the world, since smoking discretely around people who dislike smoke is impossible.

[@johnmuthan286]

Wouldn't a government ban be the main reason people will start smoking ? I find this counterproductive

[@ryoshamo]

Not enforceable

[@wecandothiswarriors]

They will just stop making them, except for their mates

[@german_novotiable]

just ask everyone for id. Easy!!!

[@kellygreen-xk6vw]

​@german_novotiable bit like the Nazi's did huh..

[@thecrimsoncrispy]

Tobacco companies will just move shop since it has no future in the uk, no legal cigarettes no smokers

[@kellygreen-xk6vw]

@@thecrimsoncrispy Anyone smoking now buys from the Turks under the counter

[@BeYourselfMan]

I thought this was a free nation?

[@primordialpouch565]

nope has'nt been in centuries...

[@303octavian]

Whatever gave you that idea?

[@nighttime6666]

No self premeditated self defence with 16.5 min police response time No freedom of speech Non elected pm Inflation and price hike Less powerful passport making it harder to leave

[@dougaltolan3017]

You thought... Lol, that's a good one.

[@braxxian]

Did you, that’s very naive of you.

[@r.b6170]

How about making it illegal to drink alcohol under the age of 25. ... ??

[@jcmorgan26]

This is so stupid. Just let people take responsibility for their own health and choices. It isn’t the government’s place to nanny the general public. If they want to make blanket bans in populated areas (inside and outside) then that is one thing but people WILL find a way if they want to smoke. Same as they do with other banned substances

[@VVayVVard]

Except that nobody who lives in a city can smoke in secret without turning off all ventilation and... never coming out of their house, ever again.

[@lime187]

If they want smoke let them they pay for it. Uk needs to stop being nanny state. It's soo depressing in the UK no wonder people smoke and drink

[@-Belshazzar-]

I am a smoker (trying to quit) and I am against this ban because it will not achieve anything good, but, your point is not accurate, eventually these smokers need cancer treatment or other expensive treatments that cost a lot of money to the state, this is paid by your tax money eventually, even if you don't smoke! Again, I am not for this ban (nor am I from the uk), but your point is flawed

[@loumorningstar7709]

​@@hikingjonesyit is their choice to stand there and breathe it in though. Don't like it? Move away.

[@bennewman4675]

I think weed and cola leath sould be sold in every shop as cigarettes just like tobacco is

[@dougaltolan3017]

Why should I fund your health care for your self inflicted harm?

[@treetops7639]

​@@dougaltolan3017 smokers pay more into the health care system..

[@kerryfry1857]

Wonder if fat cat cigars will be banned?

[@raysummers2075]

Savile loved thise cigars the bbc would alledgedy get mad 😂

[@tabsntoot]

As a cigar smoker for ten years I’ve seen the price of a Cuban treble and lots of cigars discontinued and the said stock what’s left has become auction stock for the very wealthy to bid on. A cohiba lancero was 20 pounds 10 year ago now they are 100 pounds for one single I’ve give up buying them now obviously and hope it goes bust

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

only for the normal citizens ...our Tax will pay for a Large stock of Havannas for the Commons Green room ...

[@stephenholmes1036]

A disgrace its down to the individual not the state

[@wanasleep]

I've not seen kids with cigarettes in years! Kids are getting addicted from nicotine in vapes not tobacco. They know this. How many donations do they get from vape companies... 👀

[@frankferrero5827]

Blame bad parenting and shops selling to minors. Parents should do their job and actually do some parenting and shops or gas stations that get caught selling to minors should be permanently closed.

[@janankhan6678]

Reduce stress leval , reduce tax reduce rent reduce reduce prices People will stop alcohol cigarettes etc

[@filipushka6936]

SPOT ON!

[@baconatorrodriguez4651]

I smoke for fun and because it's cool and I can afford it. Don't explain to me why you think I smoke, grandma. Just because I can afford it and you can't shouldn't be my problem either.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

No they won't

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@baconatorrodriguez4651 How is it cool?

[@baconatorrodriguez4651]

@@Hartley_Hare I mean, if anyone has to explain to you why it's cool...

[@herbertvonclomp7164]

Forkin nanny state they have no right

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

Yes they do and if you aren’t happy pack your bags and get out to smoke 10 packs a day somewhere else

[@trudilm3864]

I'm more concerned about drugs than tobacco. The government doesn't seem to care less about that.

[@paulg3012]

Fun fact: Cancer sticks kill more than all illegal drugs combined.

[@niksn022]

A ban would only encourage smoking. How dumb must these politicians be to not understand this?

[@GabsSystemsbuster]

hiked cigarette and tabacco prices now everyones dying from smoking cheap counterfeit tabacco ffs

[@garylovell6017]

Why can't people spell the word? It's Tobacco. ffs.

[@dylanleeman1841]

*Bacca

[@starvr]

@@garylovell6017 Because it's the way people pronounce it. I am guilty of that myself.

[@bones228]

After covid science i think i'll decide what goes into my body...

[@bennewman4675]

I think weed and cola leath sould be sold in every shop as cigarettes. They just can't let people have fun

[@dougaltolan3017]

Aye right bozo. Of course you understand food labelling... Of course you know what goes into all restaurant food you eat... You say you think, I doubt you know how.

[@coolboy5428]

@@dougaltolan3017Well I do and I choose how I eat. You stain.

[@dougaltolan3017]

@@coolboy5428 with a name like that.... Aye right bozo.

[@v.b9139]

Haha!!!!!!!! What a loser.

[@lindaparkin61]

Why not ban the boats , tax payers are keeping them in luxury, while our homeless are still on the streets. Get your priorities right.

[@Matt-rw9py]

What else are you gonna ban? Music, dancing and laughing?

[@rb1062]

We live in a woke world, now.

[@bennewman4675]

@@rb1062 I think weed and cola leath sould be sold in every shop as cigarettes. Just like tobaaco is

[@thevikingwarrior]

Music already is banned. It is called copywrite law.

[@paulmorris8775]

So when can we Fart ? WHY ARE WE BECOMING PRISONERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY

[@paula622]

You can fart when they find a way to tax them

[@marksavage1108]

@@paula622 SSHHHH sadiq will extend that to the underground.

[@marksavage1108]

@@hikingjonesy That isnt a thing anymore and you know it SO STOP LYING.

[@nigelabishop1]

I thought Brexit was about taking back control?

[@helicoptergunship]

Your farts stink so please dont mate

[@Mildon44]

As someone who has never smoked and doesn't vape - this is absolutely stupid.

[@manbearpig7521]

Same and I agree

[@DoctorBastard]

Yep.

[@PhilippinesLife101]

It's because they won't stop with smoking and vaping. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.

[@bennewman4675]

I think weed and cola leath sould be sold in every shop as cigarettes. They should let people live there life how every they want to live it

[@bennewman4675]

I wonder why they are not doing the same with vaping

[@martivanyo4136]

Yes for that. I hope I will see a smokefree country.

[@lvdeluxe1]

Wow what a poorly thought out bill. Are they aware of the huge network of illegal cigarettes they're failing to stop, now this.

[@archivalhorror]

The problem is absolutely smokers and not at all your tax avoiding rich mates...

[@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s]

The richest 10% already pay 50% of all tax. Get a job

[@numbersstationsarchive194]

@@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s Found the tory

[@TheDandonian]

It's both.

[@geeksworkshop]

Not when you add in all the cancer that it creates

[@wecandothiswarriors]

Go away@@Take_Me_Back_To_The_1980s

[@NevilleBamshu23]

Utterly ridiculous..

[@paulfletcher3998]

If only Boris had said the same about weed.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Good way to make another hole in the NHS budget

[@janwhite6038]

Like the ban on drugs, it won't stop anyone smoking it'll just criminalise them

[@VVayVVard]

It will stop virtually all smoking in cities. Because you can't smoke in secret. You don't need a trained dog to notice the reek a mile away.

[@gottliebdee263]

Anybody that drinks but doesn’t smoke and is for this law needs to think again. It’ll be the thin end of the wedge. Your beer/red wine is next.

[@crustytoerag]

Then starts UKs prohibition saga

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I`m planted some tobacco seeds to save money on TAX. I used to brew my own beer. 10 pence a pint. :)

[@gabrieldsouza6541]

I'd be okay with a ban on alcohol sales, if there was a social movement for it.

[@stephenjon3502]

Don’t care. If a pint costs a quid more I’m happy to pay that if they banned smelly people.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

@@stephenjon3502 Paying more wont stop your smelly armpits and bad breath in the morning from drinking. :) Then factor in kababs and your squirting like a badgers ring piece on a frosty morning. When Morrisons used to sell Homebrew kits sometimes when they had a 3 for 1 offer on I could make 1 pint for 4 pence. Then Tony Blair came and nannied me off that.

[@watchthepoint1604]

If someone wants to smoke that’s up to them. If they are 18 or over then it’s their choice. This is taking away personal choice , once it starts where will it stop.

[@VVayVVard]

Yeah, and if someone wants to punch someone else that's up to them. If they're over 18 then it's their choice. You can't take away peoples' personal choice to harm other people. Except that that's literally what the law was created for. And unless you've been living under a rock for... 70 years... you should be aware that smoking harms everyone around the smoker.

[@TG-ts3xn]

I HATE my government.

[@LPBineli]

Stop smoking

[@karenrobinson129]

Absolute madness! How will they make up the NHS billions it receives from the Tax from tobacco. Just mental.

[@moonie259]

didnt you get the memo? destoy the nhs.

[@rb1062]

That vile woman in NZ introduced the same ban. The new NZ government have had to overturn it for that reason. She wasn't the brightest!

[@Randompancakes12345]

The NHS will save billions because of this

[@karenrobinson129]

@Randompancakes12345 How so? If you are going to state treating smokers, the stats don't work. People with illness not smoking related get treated from this tax. You think the NHS is failing miserably, I agree. Removing this tax will bankrupt it. Utter madness!

[@treetops7639]

​@@Randompancakes12345 it really wont

[@alisoninchausti1080]

Great idea! Let us create a black market for ciggies.

[@TallSilentGuy]

But we're not "creating" one are we, you ninny? 🙄 We're just making the existing one bigger.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

Black cabinet ...black market .

[@onelove2909]

More Nanny State Government! Next,...ban alcohol, sugar, salt, fatty food...cars, motorcycles, planes, they kill people ...adventure sports, football, cricket, rugby, hockey, tennis, people get injured don't you know....snooker, archery, darts, you'll have someone's eye out with that. It's pathetic 😂

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

they want us all dead or miserable

[@mustafanobar]

i was a non smoker for 2 year until i saw this video...thanks uk politics

[@Jack-pt2it]

If people smoking is declining anyway, what's the issue? Let it phase out over time.

[@maccagrabme]

Need to ban the tubes, the pollution is way worse than cigarettes.

[@bb5979]

Because we are witnessing a larger global power grab and you will continue to see freedoms eroded.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Why who do you think you are to decide for others? Pol pot, Chairman Mao

[@dougaltolan3017]

This IS phasing it out over time you utter 🔔🔚

[@skycloud4802]

Lets hope drugs and vape use also decline as well.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

Not only is it devastating for young people to take up smoking. But it's also another bad thing for our economy which is already fragile enough.

[@s14vko]

The scariest words ever said 'I am here from the government and I am here to help'

[@misterjones2u]

banning things never works

[@grammarofficerkrupke4398]

It never does but the people are morons, begging for their own enslavement.

[@noname-hb8vk]

works for mob..

[@TheJaydipe]

Worked for guns

[@nighttime6666]

@@TheJaydipe1. Guns are not banned in the uk 2. It depends on the mentality of the people in the country 3. Depends how enforceable e.g. the uk already had a gun registration data base when they banned full autos and pistols > 6ft pound as of the firearms act of 1988 so when they was banned it was able to be enforced

[@bennewman4675]

A lot more people would be smoking it if weed wasn't banned any where. So it has worked in some way

[@walkeymilo]

So sick of this Nanny State.

[@senorbob2909]

Time to migrate

[@suripene5207]

Just ignore the politicians the same way they ignore us. I do what i want (to a limited extent)

[@zuzannanowicka6348]

@@suripene5207 that’s a great approach to life :) You’ve got only one, and their won’t live yours - we aren’t here for their pleasure :) “To a certain extent” is also a great statement, tells me a lot of good things about you as a person :)

[@Fidelisjoff]

Tobacco dealers....the new crime.

[@jomccarthy6649]

So in 15 years time a shop person will be able to tell the difference between 30 and 31! Absolutely disgusting. I am fed uo living in this nanny state!

[@dougaltolan3017]

P off then.

[@LiClan]

@@dougaltolan3017you have a vested interest in supporting this madness?

[@dougaltolan3017]

@@LiClan Yup, as does anyone with a functioning brain.

[@LiClan]

@@dougaltolan3017 sound like you are a highly domesticated serf that does his masters bidding. Classic U.K. mentality

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@dougaltolan3017 traitor to Britain .

[@mandriod5255]

What about drinking or ultra processed food?

[@leesamardzija9165]

​@@hikingjonesy that doesn't happen since it was banned in public buildings

[@leesamardzija9165]

​@@hikingjonesy nobody is making you stand next to someone who is smoking in the street, get a grip

[@leesamardzija9165]

@@hikingjonesy where do you live that there are many people smoking on the street?! Stop being so dramatic Karen. You don't have to eat at pubs alcohol junky

[@mandriod5255]

@@hikingjonesy I absolutely hate walking within 30 metres of someone smoking but I would not go so far as to ban them smoking in such age related way I really don’t like smoking in any public spaces and if someone wants to smoke I would rather it be in their own spaces that don’t pollute other people’s space

[@Joekond89]

Ffs! Look at the state of the UK! The place is going down the crapper, the pound is weaker than it was in 1985 and they are spending money on STOPPING people from having a cigarette. Christ, these people are out of touch.

[@leedearn5922]

So now the police are going to stop and search people for cigarettes 🤣🤣 wtf has this world come to beside a nanny state

[@windwalker583]

Ban bans.

[@southhour5241]

A fart ban is needed in this smelly land.

[@JimPlebeian]

The tax money on cigarettes & alcohol was the biggest contributors to the NHS .. 😮

[@mcfcguvnors]

now NI is going = Universal Health care by 2030

[@JamJam0189]

Also cigarette related deaths and cancers and other diseases cost millions is treatment every year too. It also smells bad.

[@JimPlebeian]

@@JamJam0189 so you think once cigarettes are banned, cancer will suddenly cease to exist ..

[@squamd5777]

@@JamJam0189 Paid for by the tax on tobacco products, and then some. Good luck plugging that financial hole when tobacco is illegal and cancer still exists. I personally don't care for people who bathe in cheap perfume and aftershave, but I mind my own business because I'm an adult.

[@chad0x]

Smokers cost the nhs much more than they pay in, genius.

[@l__l2328]

The knife crime is through the roof, yet the government wastes it's time with renaming train lines and banning smoking

[@speedboostr]

I don’t believe 17 billion is spent on the small amount of smokers in this country.

[@hystericallyme2239]

when we banning alcohol too?

[@Chrisallengallery]

Because that worked out sooo well last time.

[@zainzoala1083]

😂😂😂 When politicians stop drinking first .

[@maccagrabme]

Thats coming soon.

[@user-pr3kb6ie9v]

@@zainzoala1083in the Houses of Parliament they have about 30 drinking and smoking rooms, all paid for by the British public.

[@rb1062]

That will be next.

[@andyash5675]

The truth is that if you smoke, you get lung cancer before you get to claim your pension. That's good for the UK finances at a time when we need it. As an ex smoker - if people want to smoke, they probably already smuggle their cigarettes into the UK anyway.

[@Godmil]

I'm pretty sure cancer treatment will cost a lot more than a state pension.

[@andyash5675]

@@Godmil The NHS said of lung cancer - "About 2 in 5 people with the condition live for at least 1 year after they're diagnosed, and about 1 in 10 people live at least 10 years." It isn't very treatable. You can live with Alzheimer's for twenty years but after ten years you need day to day personal care.

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@GodmilAverage cost to treat lung cancer £4,500 . Basic state pension £8000 .

[@Godmil]

@@tabularasa7775I stand corrected.

[@Godmil]

wait hang on, when I searched everything came up with £9,000 a year. :/

[@lyndonjohnson5063]

been vaping 10 years and i feel a tone better healthier then when i was smoking

[@quickreviewchannel6931]

Why not just close all vape shops and take them all out of the shops

[@mikm.6375]

Find it deeply ironic that the UK was founded on revenue from among other things Tobacco 😂😂😂😂

[@garylovell6017]

The UK never made a penny from Tabacco.

[@rorynash7042]

​@garylovell6017 ... the biggest tobacco company in the world... British American Tobacco?!

[@garylovell6017]

@@rorynash7042 Yes TOBACCO not Tabacco as all these thick idiots are calling it.

[@garylovell6017]

@@rorynash7042 Read what they wrote.

[@rorynash7042]

@garylovell6017 I'm dyslexic, so never really go for the spelling jokes, but I see what you've done ;)

[@mikebashford8198]

I don't smoke, but if I wanted to, and couldn't buy tobacco, I would grow it in my greenhouse.

[@kellygreen-xk6vw]

My cousin grows tobacco in his greenhouse, the rest of the family grow weed 🌱

[@byroncudworth6918]

Does it not smell, do the neighbours know?

[@kellygreen-xk6vw]

@@byroncudworth6918 Rhino air filters - no smell

[@basher50]

How is this going to be policed?

[@TimpBizkit]

It would be weird having such a legal age gap e.g. over 18 to buy alcohol, but then being ID'd to prove you're over 47 to buy cigarettes would be silly, cause 46 you're still a kid.

[@OriginalBlazeDaily]

I agree with Jonno. The prohibition mindset is the wrong way to handle this situation. We will see an even bigger black market for tobacco now and that is considerably more dangerous.

[@nighttime6666]

The argument that Americans use for firearms

[@VVayVVard]

Nope. The biggest issue with smoking is second-hand smoke. Once smoking is banned, second-hand smoke will no longer be an issue, because anyone who is exposed to it will be able to call the police on the offender. Which means that nobody will be able to smoke in cities anymore, unless they withdraw to their basements and shut down all ventilation. Really, we should just go for a full ban---it would be much easier and quicker.

[@yoututiitdlrlrkrkr560]

​@@nighttime6666dont you feel a bit like a dented skull when you compare cigarettes to fucking guns?

[@nighttime6666]

@@yoututiitdlrlrkrkr560 I’m not making a comparison between firearms and cigarettes I’m make a comparison around his argument his argument is identical to the one argument Americans use for firearm I’m not comparing the two I’m comparing the argument. For you not to realise that you must be brain dead -_-

[@RealPumpkinJay]

I smoked for 16 years. I quit almost 9 years ago. Smoking has gone down a lot since I started and I’m glad that the prevalence is going down. I smoked for a year and tried to quit for 15 until I was successful. It’s an addiction that’s incredibly hard to break. Still, I don’t think that making it illegal to use is a viable solution.

[@mcfcguvnors]

Cos you didnt smoke weed

[@RealPumpkinJay]

@@mcfcguvnors I did that towards the beginning. It was legal from age 18. What’s your point?

[@solomonkane6442]

I found opiate pain pills easier to quit than nicotine

[@garylovell6017]

They are not making it illegal to smoke/use. They are making it illegal to be sold to a certain age group, that's not the same thing.

[@solomonkane6442]

@@garylovell6017 still won't work though They'll get it from somewhere or someone

[@xelakram]

The enjoyment of a cigarette is one of life's great pleasures. Hands off smoking pleasure!

[@BearGryllsSpoofs]

Alcohol is just the most poisonous substance, and I love it! But alcohol is allowed to be advertised, and things like cannabis, ketamine and shrooms are illegal? FOOCCKKK 0FFFFFF rubbish world.

[@aaliyahebonyevedeshawn2153]

Government: Cannabis is BAD, we will never legalize it! Government: Let's become the largest exporter of it and sell it to others!

[@marksavage1108]

@@hikingjonesy That isnt a thing anymore and you know it SO STOP LYING.

[@Dan_Wall]

It is actually, while I went through my cancer treatment and recovery, I had to walk past lines of smokers out side the entrances to my hospital and would have to breathe it in! I've never smoked in my life and I have to breathe others in that are selfishly blocking access to hospitals...

[@marksavage1108]

@@Dan_Wall So the hospital only had the 1 doorway. yeah ok sweetpea. Plus that is now bullshit, the hospitals make smokers stand outside their grounds and nowhere near the doors SO STOP LYING

[@toekkababy5329]

Come to amsterdam,here everything is legal Nice cup of organic opium tea in the morning to start the day😊😊

[@NEALMOHANSDEMOCRATICRIGHTSBLOC]

I dont agree with the basis of this bill because its unconstitutional in who it is applied to. It contains and encourages age discriminaton

[@dougaltolan3017]

Which constitution would that be?

[@joeb5765]

Finally- an incentive to smoke we can all get behind.

[@DarkhorseSJ]

I hate smoking, lost both of my parents to lung cancer, never smoked in my life. But this Bill is ridiculous. Never, in the history of the world, has limiting the freedom of an individual enforced the kind of behaviour that limitation was designed to enforce. Prohibition America, anyone? How about you make the consequences of smoking clear, educate people, provide the type of lifestyle where people don't NEED to smoke (i.e. low stress, plenty of green spaces, well developed towns) and stop treating people like idiots and let them make their own decisions.

[@cattysplat]

Because this has very little to do with smoking. This is all about getting the public used to taking away basic freedoms until there is nothing left. For your good, of course.

[@chickenmadness1732]

@@cattysplatYou'll own nothing and you'll be happy

[@VVayVVard]

My friend, that's literally what all laws do. We have a ban on things like theft and assault, and that's a big reason why people avoid those behaviors. Even though no ban on harmful behavior is going to be 100% effective, as long as it's 99% effective, that's a big win for everyone who would have otherwise been harmed by said behavior. Do you think we should legalize punching people as well? People should have the freedom to make their own choices, even if their choice is to harm others, right? Are you perhaps not aware of the fact that spreading pollution in the air harms other people?

[@petebagwell6666]

I guess im gonna become a traveling cig merchant

[@pambromley7481]

Much though I hate smoking I'd love to see them try to enforce it - for generations most smokers have probably started long before the legal age.

[@EliranC]

What possible reason would ANYONE vote against it if not for corruption?

[@helicoptergunship]

The health secretary definitely smokes

[@harrylime22]

Don’t worry they got all the kids hooked on vapes.

[@turokforever007]

Vapes are worse as don't know what's in it as you can make the liquid at home.

[@harrylime22]

@@turokforever007 exactly.

[@byroncudworth6918]

The government is far too big.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

and non-British .

[@kellykreqeli8924]

Do you think that ban will stop them smoking? if a person wants to smoke they will Yet no one talks about how much drinking and obesity costs the uk? I don’t see them banning bad foods or alcohol?

[@bennewman4675]

I think weed and cola leath should be sold in every shop as cigarettes just like tobacco is