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STUBBED OUT Smoking will be banned in plan to stop next generation buying fags, Charles confirms in King’s Speech
Sun - UK ^ | Noa Hoffman Published: 6:41 ET, Nov 7 2023Updated: 11:31 ET, Nov 7 2023

Posted on 11/07/2023 12:10:39 PM PST by Red Badger

SMOKING will be banished in Britain for youngsters, King Charles confirmed today.

At the state opening of Parliament, the monarch confirmed Rishi Sunak will mount an historic crackdown on cigarettes by raising the legal age every year until there are no smokers left.

The PM has previously said: "We must tackle the single biggest entirely preventable cause of ill health disability and death.

"And that is smoking, and our country. Smoking causes, one in four cancer deaths."

The new plans mean a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette.

The tough new anti-smoking measures would see the smoking age increased by a year every year to eventually make it illegal for anyone to buy cigarettes.

The ban will be subject to a "free vote" in Parliament, meaning MPs will not be told how to vote by party enforcers.

But Labour has confirmed its intention to vote with the government, so the new law will fly through parliament.

The plan was originally rejected by ministers when suggested previously.

But Mr Sunak has now said: "People take up cigarettes when they are young. Four in five smokers have started by the time they are 20. Later, the vast majority try to quit.

"But many fail because they are addicted and they wish had never taken up the habit in the first place.

"If we could break that cycle if we could stop the start then we would be on our way to ending the biggest cause of preventable death and disease in our country."

The Government is committed to making England “smoke free” by 2030, meaning fewer than 5 per cent of the public using cigarettes.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: britain; charlesiii; europe; houseofwindsor; smoking; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 11/07/2023 12:10:39 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I’m not too crazy about fags either


2 posted on 11/07/2023 12:13:01 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Red Badger

That’s one way of looking at it. Another is that gov’t, once again, is going to restrict your freedom of choice.


3 posted on 11/07/2023 12:13:30 PM PST by econjack
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To: Red Badger

Suck on it, colonizers!

4 posted on 11/07/2023 12:14:28 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: NWFree

Can’t wait for the headlines: “UK Bans Fags”


5 posted on 11/07/2023 12:14:36 PM PST by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Hussein Obama)
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To: Red Badger

But I bet the cannabis is OK.


6 posted on 11/07/2023 12:14:57 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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7 posted on 11/07/2023 12:15:24 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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That will work as well as all the other drug laws. And you can’t tax it once it’s illegal.


8 posted on 11/07/2023 12:15:24 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: NWFree

Well, I wouldn’t buy one......................


9 posted on 11/07/2023 12:16:21 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Now that Nashville shooter’s used the word in her manifesto it’s “fag this” and “fag that” all the time.


10 posted on 11/07/2023 12:17:07 PM PST by x (Formerly Twitter.)
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11 posted on 11/07/2023 12:17:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It will work as well as our banning of alcohol did in the 20’s...................


12 posted on 11/07/2023 12:17:36 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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The new plans mean a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette.

1) Smoking is a filthy and disgusting habit.

2) Tyranny is a much more filthy and disgusting habit.

13 posted on 11/07/2023 12:18:16 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Noooooooo! Not those!........................


14 posted on 11/07/2023 12:18:17 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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15 posted on 11/07/2023 12:18:36 PM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Red Badger

And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get


16 posted on 11/07/2023 12:19:33 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: Red Badger

How did those vapes workout?


17 posted on 11/07/2023 12:19:37 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Red Badger

After all, the Volstead Act worked so well here in the Colonies…


18 posted on 11/07/2023 12:19:40 PM PST by 43north (America doesn't need an election. We need an exorcism.)
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19 posted on 11/07/2023 12:20:12 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger

Did King Charles say that it’ll be illegal to buy his usual services? LOL


20 posted on 11/07/2023 12:20:28 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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