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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament
- AngryData 5mo agoIt sounds good until the governments come begging for more money because their sin tax fund evaporates and they gotta take care of all the older people.
- nephihaha 5mo agoAlmost the same law New Zealand introduced recently. Wnat is the point in having different parties in different countries pushing the exact same agenda? Also how does this effect the moves towards legalising cannabis?
- PostOnce 5mo agoNew govt scrapped it. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/510439/smokefree-generation-law-scrapped-by-coalition-government https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/510439/smokefree-genera...
- nephihaha 5mo agoIt's obviously come from the same source as the UK law. The WEF, WHO or some other unaccountable international organisation. I don't know when politicians will learn that it is better to persuade people not to do something rather than forcing them not to. They haven't learnt that lesson with drugs.
- WalterGR 5mo ago323 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847240 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847240
- asdefghyk 5mo agoMaybe growing kits , for sale will grow. ie seeds , and other useful / needed growing accessories ....
- NuclearPM 5mo agoRidiculous discrimination.
- snvzz 5mo ago[dead]
- BenFranklin100 5mo agoWhat’s next? Laws banning McDonald’s French Fries?
- hulitu 5mo agoYes, but only for slim people.