tobacco sales

beechy · 01-10-2007, 05:17

from today you have to be 18 or over to buy
ciggies i wonder if this will stop our kids from
smoking..i think not..

Less · 01-10-2007, 08:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by beechy

from today you have to be 18 or over to buy
ciggies i wonder if this will stop our kids from
smoking..i think not..

It will probably mean that as well as 12 year olds outside off-licenses asking you to get their favourite cider we will have 16/17 year olds that yesterday could legally buy tobacco saying, "ere mate go in an' ger us twenty fags will yer I'm gaggin", and lets face it THEY are a lot bigger than 12 year olds and might be harder to say no to!

grego · 01-10-2007, 08:38

Do shops always check ID, I dont think so because the young teenagers manage to get fags even though they aren't 16, dont think this will make any difference.

panther · 01-10-2007, 08:42

kids can get beer, so getting fags wont be as hard.
funny thing today though.....there wasnt a crowd of kids outside the shop

beechy · 01-10-2007, 12:27

also daft thing is its still legal to
smoke at 16 but you cant buy em
whats that all about ?

lancsdave · 01-10-2007, 12:38

I don't think there has ever been a legal age where you couldn't smoke, merely an age at which you could buy them.

Of course we can rely on all shopkeepers to stick to the law anyway regardless of how old they look....... NOT

BERNADETTE · 01-10-2007, 12:57

Another waste of money, why don't they make some sensible changes to the law? Non of us are against the principle but I think we all know it won't make a jot of difference.

SPUGGIE J · 01-10-2007, 13:29

Dosnt matter what they say or do the government is not going to push to hard because of the cash it makes from tobacco. Ok they make the purchase illegal to under 18's but not illegal to smpke as they are the next generation of coffer fillers so they dont want to discourage them to much. its all smoke n lights same as with booze.

cashman · 01-10-2007, 14:31

another stupid rule, to me ban em breeds i'm gonna smoke so stuff em mentality,as with drink during prohibition, its good to discourage the young from smoking, but this is "Bloody Stupid".

SPUGGIE J · 01-10-2007, 15:52

Stupid is an apt description of this farse. One day they might get something right but somehow I dont think it will be in my lifetime.

jimmi5bellies · 01-10-2007, 19:53

I feel sorry for those who leave school, work full time and are now under the age limit to buy and enjoy a ciggie after a hard days graft !

SPUGGIE J · 01-10-2007, 20:39

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

I feel sorry for those who leave school, work full time and are now under the age limit to buy and enjoy a ciggie after a hard days graft !

Then their parents can buy them a pack. With a small commission on top of course.

jambutty · 01-10-2007, 21:33

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Another waste of money, why don't they make some sensible changes to the law? Non of us are against the principle but I think we all know it won't make a jot of difference.

Its called showing the public that the government is doing something about teenage smoking even if it is a crackpot idea. Nice word that Tealeaf.

More importantly it is establishing a precedent for when the government decides that it will be 21 and over to buy booze and drink in licensed premises. Or it might be 21 to be able to drive. Or a cut off at the other end of the age range – say 70.

Ianto.W. · 02-10-2007, 00:32

You can die for your country, but you can't buy a ciggi to ease your passing, smoke and be happy if your going to get cancer, you'll get it whether you smoke or not, i'm dying proof of it.