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Wednesday, October 3

Smoking age

By Ben Ritchie
(16, Headliners)

From Monday it’s now illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under 18 in England, Scotland and Wales. So, do I think that this will work? Well, to be honest, no. Yes, young people will find it harder to get smokes but will it stop them from smoking?
Of course not, they will do what they do when it comes to buying alcohol – and get older people to buy it for them or one of their mates who look old enough. I’m not sure that many shop keepers will take this new law seriously as well, why lose out on so much profit? If young people want to smoke, they will whether the law allows it or not.

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