I started smoking when I was 14 anyway so will changing the age make a difference seeing as most people start before the legal age? If not why are we wasting taxpayers money on advertising and paperwork?
2007-09-30 23:56:45 · 13 answers · asked by SR13 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Eleven when i started in the 40s,and no it wont make a happorth of difference cos the kids will still ask me to get em fags when i go into shop at 8.30am and they are waiting outside.
Bless there little cotton socks.
A roll up guy
2007-10-01 00:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi,i was the same age has you & do not believe the change in law will have any effect.Its the same thing bring in a law
& being young you go out to break it.Mind the young are better educated than I was about smoking.My mam & dad
did advise me not to, wish I had listened.
2007-10-01 07:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by Ollie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
80% of the smokers started smoking b4 legal age. So it's totally useless.
2007-10-01 07:04:59 · answer #3 · answered by CK M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are waisting tax payers money because that is what thick politicians do.
This will make zero difference to young people smoking. It is just pointlessly expensive posturing by some morons in Westminster.
2007-10-01 07:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It,s a vote getter and will eventually reduce health care costs if enough people listen.But,like any drug addiction,it depends on the will power of the individual,if you are strong enough you can stop,if you are weak you won,t.Passing a law rarely makes a marked difference.
2007-10-01 07:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wont make any diference at all. its just new labours way of getting young people used to Britain being a police state. next! comes raising the drinking age to 21. this government is slowly taking our liberty and our freedom. and no one seems in the slightest bit consirned.
2007-10-01 08:40:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i hope it might make a difference i know that kids will always get people to buy cigarettes for them but at least it might put some off
i hate smoking and anything that will stop people smoking is a good thing in my books
2007-10-01 07:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by cornyginger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It won't work. I see tons of kids smoking and they are well below 18 or even 16. It is not going to change them, its more of our money wasted
2007-10-01 07:00:31 · answer #8 · answered by StressedMumOf2 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
no, kids will find a way to get the stuff anyway. and i get carded picking up some beer for my husband. myself i can't stand the smell of the stuff. and i know they can tell that i am over 21.
2007-10-01 07:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Gladys C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I also think that some shopkeepers will still sell cigarettes to those underage. Or at least until they get caught!
2007-10-01 07:13:27 · answer #10 · answered by LeDonya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋