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While implementation seems tricky, it's the right thing to do and would lead the world in stopping this once and for all.
Oh yes because prohibition has worked so many times in the past. You'll take my smokes from my cold cancer ridden hands
That'll be easy because te chemotherapy will have reduced your grip strength to that of a baby.
I doubt that the UK could lead anything on this front. Drugs which are already banned in the UK are still consumed in the UK and beyond. I do not think it's possible to stop humanity from consuming drugs (incl. tobacco and alcohol). It's something we have done for thousands of years for a wide variety of reasons.
Banning alcohol didn't work in the long-term during the Prohibition era in America. People will always find a way to access these things, they will just be less safe whilst doing so and their money will not be taxed.
New Zealand tried a similar tobacco ban in 2022, and it got repealed about a year later in order to fund tax cuts (if I am remembering correctly). I forsee this going the same way if it actually passes.
Seems pretty much same as whenever they raise the drinking age and grandfather in everyone already qualified to drink.