A bill banning anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK has completed its progress through parliament in a move that ministers hope will create a “smoke-free generation”.
Under the tobacco and vapes bill anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 will never be able to be legally sold tobacco across the UK, in an effort to save lives and reduce the burden on the NHS.
I heard somewhere that the most smuggled drug in Germany is tobacco even though it is legal. I can imagine things in the UK being similar. That would mean that the black market is already well established for any kid wanting to smoke who doesn’t have an older person who can supply them.
Then again I think tobacco’s immediate effects are so small that it may not be as desirable as a drug so that they would rather drink alcohol or smoke weed to get a more perceptible buzz.