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Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak (www.bbc.com)

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

If this is the only effort, it's weak. Better to also (or instead) tax each box by another 20 pounds. Kids don't have that money. They'll find other things to do.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

It's already prohibitively taxed to be around £12-15 for a 20 pack. There are 4 corner stores within a 5 minute walk of my house that do them under the counter for a fiver, and you can bet they don't care about IDs either

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Contact the HMRC fraud department. They would stop these sales very quickly.

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