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Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak (www.bbc.com)

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[–] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 4 points 11 months ago

Like 85% of people in the UK are non-smokers, so I'm presuming it's some NIMBY-lite thinking: "I don't like smoking so I need you to make everyone stop".