A draft law in the UK to create a "smoke-free generation" by banning smoking for anybody born after 2008 has cleared both houses of parliament. Only the king's signature remains for it to become law.
  • Technically, the new law will raise the legal age requirement in the UK for buying cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, which is currently 18, by one year in every subsequent year, starting on January 1, 2027
  • This will effectively mean that people born on or after January 1, 2009 will never be eligible to buy them
  • Retailers will face financial penalties for selling the products to those not entitled to them
  • The government will also be empowered to impose a new registration system for smoking and vaping products entering the country, seeking to improve oversight
  • The bill will expand the UK’s indoor smoking ban to a series of outdoor public spaces, for instance in children’s playgrounds, outside schools and hospitals
  • Most indoor spaces that are designated smoke-free will become vape-free as well
  • Smoking in designated areas outside pubs and bars and other hospitality settings will remain permissible
  • Smoking and vaping will remain legal in people’s homes
  • Vaping will become illegal in cars if someone under the age of 18 is inside, to match existing rules on smoking
  • Advertising for smoking and vaping products will be banned
  • People aged 18 or older will remain eligible to purchase vaping products, but some items targeted at younger consumers like disposable vapes have already been outlawed as part of the program
  • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    75·
    17 hours ago

    if removing individual freedom is never good, then you shouldn’t be able to smoke, because people should have the individual freedom to not breathe your fucking tar smoke.

    • architect@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      72·
      15 hours ago

      I should then have the freedom to never see an ugly face, either. Also, no fucking tuna fish. It’s nasty. Also I hate the scent of certain perfume. Illegal.

      Also homeless people stink…

      • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        14 hours ago

        seeing a face and being poisoned aren’t comparable, try harder.

        no other drugs are “free” to force on others.

        also smokers are the last people who should say anything about people stinking.

        • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
          23·
          10 hours ago

          Smoke disperses, halfwit. If you aren’t up someone’s ass while they smoke outside you’ll never even smell it, let alone get health complications from it.

          • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            31·
            5 hours ago

            If it’s windy it’s going to spread far and if it isn’t it’s going to linger. It stinks and most people can smell it.

          • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            6 hours ago

            you only think that because it’s you who stinks and you don’t realize how fucking disgusting you are

            • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
              12·
              55 minutes ago

              I don’t smoke, jackass, I’m just not gaslighting myself into thinking it’s noticable when it very clearly isn’t.