The Public Health Bill would raise the legal age limit for smoking and buying tobacco products from 18 to 21If passed the laws would come into place in February 2028 - with the delay meaning it will not impact people who are already over 18 but under 21-years-old."We're having the same issue in the UK where the government wants to go even further and introduce a generational ban: where you'd be raising the age of sale by one year every year.
"At 18 you can drive a car, you can join the Army, you can possess a credit card, you can purchase alcohol and of course you can vote," he said. "If you can do all those things at the age of 18 we believe you should also be allowed to purcahse cigarettes and other tobacco products"."An important issue here is that one of the reasons this is being introduced is because people are saying it's going to protect children," he said.
"It's going to have absolutely no impact on under-18s because there is already a law in place that bans the sale of tobacco to people under-18. "So instead of targeting young adults - people who are aged 18, 19 and 20 - what the Government should be doing is cracking down on anyone who sells tobacco to people under-18.Mr Clark said 18-year-olds"have to be allowed and encouraged to make decisions about their own lifestyles"."You're going to actually encourage young people to smoke"."In a free and liberal society there has to come a point where we allow people to make their own decisions," he said.
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