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T_i_B

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4. That's where I am with this

Reply to dutch777 (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 4, 2023, 01:52 PM

Oct 2023

Let tobacco use die out a bit more naturally before further restrictions (and I say that as somebody who loathes the stuff)

Otherwise you just end up giving a big boost to the black market.

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Sunak plans to raise the legal smoking age in England each year until it applies to whole population [View all] Eugene Oct 2023 OP

Shades of Radio Caroline. And good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #1

And of course no one ever smokes until legally old enough to do so. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #2

Yep, a whole new underground economy or just a new offering from the local drug dealers dutch777 Oct 2023 #3

That's where I am with this T_i_B Oct 2023 #4