Ban sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2000, doctors say

[KulrMeStoopid]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...es-to-anyone-born-after-2000-doctors-say.html

Leading doctors have called for a ban on cigarette sales to those born after 2000 in a programme of “progressive prohibition” aimed at curbing smoking-related deaths.
They urged the British Medical Association to lobby for a complete ban on the sale of cigarettes to anyone born in this century at the body’s annual public health medicine conference.
Tim Crocker-Buqué, a specialist registrar in public health medicine with the NHS, said: “Humanity has never developed anything more deadly than the cigarette.

 

[Vapour_Dreams]

This would be an interesting ban

 

[Chegs]

Yawn,another 'nanny state' demand for no reason

Sent by lazer from just north of the world's largest nuclear dustbin

 

[clint]

This would be an interesting ban

It wouldn't stop people tho. As soon as people are banned from doing something, a black market is born.

 

[EntropicVapes]

Other than the obvious Nanny state issues, this has massive logistical issues. Banning something doesn't make it disappear in the real world.

 

[stoobs]

As if that will happen and how could they enforce it more media hyped bull crap.

 

[Gonloopy]

It's unworkable. It may be easy enough now to figure out who was born in this century, but what about when they hit their 20s, 30s and 40s?

 

[Miss Pepper]

Sorry. The only way is ban cigs through the whole world but it wont happy for financial reasons.

And breathe

 

[starred]

Just like prohibition of alcohol in America didn't stop people from drinking, selling alcohol and getting drunk, this won't work.

 

[Ninjaassasin1983]

stupid idea honestly who thinks up this crap