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Posted By: Mark 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:06pm
I heard this as a passing comment on a news report,
but next month the legal age limit to buy ciggies
is going up to 18 years.

Another reason for me to pack in with my boyish good looks
i would find it difficult to buy them lol
Posted By: MattLFC Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:14pm
Im not sure if this is true? Surely they would have to give people some sort of notice?

You sure they are not just voting on the law next month with the prospect of introducing it at a later time?

think
Posted By: Mark Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:26pm
narr they said something like, "and from next month the age will rise from 16 to 18" ??
Posted By: MattLFC Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:43pm
Weird, I thought they would have made it more known. If it does come in, shop keepers will still be serving 16 year olds and 16 years will still be buying fags lol, everyone will be breaking the law cos no bugger knows but we lmao!
Posted By: Mark Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:52pm
found somthing

Originally Posted by BBC Jan 1st 2007
Cigarette-buying age set to rise

The government is to raise the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales from 16 to 18 years from October.

The move, announced by Public Health Minister Caroline Flint, will follow the introduction of a ban on smoking in public and work places later this year.

The ban comes into place in Wales in April and England three months later.

About 9% of 11 to 15-year-olds smoke and ministers hope the move will reduce this figure.


bbc clicky
Posted By: MattLFC Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:53pm
Wow!
Posted By: Mark Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:54pm
the reason we dont remember they decided to let us
know about it on jan 1st smack
Posted By: MGCraig Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 29th Aug 2007 9:54pm
Comin into effect In October....its been displayed and talked about for quite a while....i work in the coop cross Lane..and ive known about this since christmas.....i know lesser shops will still serve people....but i ID anyone and evryone now..if they look remotely younger than me...and especially if they have a shaved head and a tracksuit....if i get caught i can get fined..and i dont wanna get fined just cos some s****y little kid who hasnt gone through puberty yet thinks hes cool by smokin in front of his mates.....i fe***n hate the blighters i tell ya now
Posted By: jonah Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 30th Aug 2007 7:58am
i'm not a smoker, but am confused bout the governments stance on the habit. The government is clamping down on smokers so much now, yet earns so much in tax from smokers... so if they try to stop people smoking, the will lose revenue will they not ? therefore they will have to recoup that lost money, probably by putting taxes up for everyone else... so smoking/smokers are good for something, keeping other taxes down...

mark..... boyish looks ? r u sure they dont serve u cos u cant see over the counter.... ? raftl
Posted By: MattLFC Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 30th Aug 2007 10:17am
Hence why the petrol is going up 2p per litre soon, it would probably have been a 1p rise, but they are losing so much revenue from quitting smokers its becoming too much.

They should legalise "social drugs", its not doing any good them being illegal, if people want them they can get them and they could make a killing on the tax.

Lol.
Posted By: jonah Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 30th Aug 2007 3:38pm
this is y i hate this country and want to emmigrate asap ! mad
Posted By: Waddi Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 31st Aug 2007 7:27pm
Originally Posted by MattLFC
They should legalise "social drugs", its not doing any good them being illegal, if people want them they can get them and they could make a killing on the tax.


my sentiments exactly, legalise Cannabis and prostitution (of both I dont use) tax the hell out of them, put illegal dealers out of business, and lower tax on petrol.
Posted By: MGCraig Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 31st Aug 2007 9:51pm
Stupid really...cos prostitution is the oldest known profession in the world......


Things like Cigarettes dont bother me really...except when people do them around me....one of my mates just wont give up...and i know its his choice and all that baloney...but if im drivin and im in the car with him...i have to stop every now and then just so he can have one.....cos theres no way in hell im lettin him smoke in le car.


Bah..what to do
Posted By: Mark Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 31st Aug 2007 10:00pm
I have some patches you can have for when he gets in the car with you lol

Saves you stopping lol
Posted By: MGCraig Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 31st Aug 2007 10:11pm
yea...ive told him bout them.....but he reckons they dont beat the real thing etc blah blah.....basically he needs to take his head out of his a**
Posted By: Waddi Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 10th Sep 2007 9:03am
lock the doors, floor the pedal and make him go cold turkey.
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 12:27am
imo tabbaco should be banned altogether.
end of!
BEfore you all start winging, i am a smoker and wish i never started.
If i catch any of my kids smoking when their older they will be severley punished.
Hopefully by then it will be barred anyway smile
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 12:40am
Originally Posted by Waddi
Originally Posted by MattLFC
They should legalise "social drugs", its not doing any good them being illegal, if people want them they can get them and they could make a killing on the tax.


my sentiments exactly, legalise Cannabis and prostitution (of both I dont use) tax the hell out of them, put illegal dealers out of business, and lower tax on petrol.


You lot avin a laugh?
Load of lazy retarded stoners who can`t be assed workin or lookin for a job because their too f**kin stoned to get off their lazy asses?
Nahhh, f**k that shit jeeves! no
I don`t want my kids thinking it`s ok either, bad enough all this (and i qoute)
Quote
GAY SHITE
goin on! F**kin gay marrages? gays adoptin kids? Wtf is our country coming too?
No am not a homophobe before any of you start so don`t even go there, i don`t want my kids thinkin it`s ok and any schoolteacher that says its alright to my kids will be beaten the f**k up! mad
I want my kids to have kids, ya know wharra mean? wink
Anyway offtopic Tabbaco = Banned! End of conversation snob
Posted By: Davey_Martin Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 8:40am
if they banned tobacco would that stop u smoking? like any addiction, u would probs go and bend the rules to get ur "fix"

again, putting the age up wont make any difference either, especially considering the amount of parents that buy their kids fags
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 9:27am
Originally Posted by Davey_Martin
if they banned tobacco would that stop u smoking?


F00kin Right it would son coz you wouldn`t catch me smoking that imported crap everyone sells wink
Posted By: Davey_Martin Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 10:23am
since it cant be put to practise i guess i'll just have to take ur word for it lol
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 10:30am
lol, thats just my opinion mate, And over the weed thing, i aint talkin about everyone, i meant a majority!
I used to be a pothead at one time wink
grin

Oh yeah, an when they say its addictive (Cannabis) thats bullshit, because i used to smoke it all the time and just stopped like that! whippy
Posted By: Davey_Martin Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 18th Sep 2007 11:09am
makes two of us with regards to weed and all other drugs i used to take... met current gf and just packed it in... sayin that, i've seen numerous ppl (doctors/psychologists/etc) statin weed isn't addictive in the sense ur body becomes dependant on it to function correctly as opposed to tobacco, and the obvious things like heroin/crack/etc where ppl become ill when they stop because their body doesnt know how to deal with things naturally...

anyway, yea... lol (still confused where weed came into it? lol)
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 20th Sep 2007 9:32pm
look back, lol
Posted By: Davey_Martin Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 20th Sep 2007 9:43pm
ahhh, missed the stoners comment, scanned over the post, couldnt be arsed readin it in full lol
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 20th Sep 2007 9:59pm
lol wink
Posted By: MattLFC Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 30th Sep 2007 3:53am
Apparently this law comes in on Monday. Hmmm I wonder what effect, if any, it will have on the shopkeepers who already serve people who are clearly/questionably under the current age of 16 without requesting ID...
Posted By: SoundLad Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 30th Sep 2007 8:27pm
Im going to be asking everyone who doesnt look 18 / 21 for ID i aint going to jail or getting fined for cancer sticks...
Posted By: Mark Re: 18yrs To Buy Ciggies - 30th Sep 2007 9:17pm
I had to give up due to my good looks i look younger
than 18 wink And i wouldn't have been able to keep up the habit.
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