{"id":180606,"date":"2023-10-06T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180606"},"modified":"2023-10-06T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T13:12:05","slug":"the-great-debate-do-you-think-the-government-should-ban-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/the-great-debate-do-you-think-the-government-should-ban-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GREAT DEBATE: Do YOU think the Government should ban cigarettes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>THE GREAT DEBATE: Do YOU think the Government should be banning 14 year olds from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetimes &#8211; and will it work?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New government plans for a &#8216;smoke free generation&#8217; have sparked furious debate this week. While supporters have praised the health benefits &#8211; critics argue that banning smoking infringes on personal freedom.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE:\u00a0Rishi Sunak says there is &#8216;no safe level of smoking&#8217; and it &#8216;isn&#8217;t the same as eating crisps or a piece of cake.&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Prime Minister used his Tory conference speech earlier this week to announce controversial plans to increase the legal smoking age annually in a bid to try and stop teenagers ever taking up cigarettes in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>His plans would see the legal age for buying tobacco rise every year in England, meaning a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette.<\/p>\n<p>Health campaigners have applauded the idea \u2013 already introduced in New Zealand \u2013 as the &#8216;single biggest&#8217; public health intervention in preventable causes of death and illness in a generation. They argue it would reduce the pressure smoking-related diseases currently place on the NHS .<\/p>\n<p>However, the plans have been heavily criticised by civil liberties groups and the Mail Community, with complaints that they infringe personal freedom, are &#8216;anti-conservative&#8217;, and could create a black market for tobacco products.<\/p>\n<p>There are concerns about the loss of revenue for the Treasury, with tobacco duties this year estimated at \u00a310.4billion.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents have also highlighted the government\u2019s contrasting stance on obesity, with far less aggressive action despite huge costs to the NHS.<\/p>\n<p><span>So what do you think about cigarette ban? Do you think it will really stop people smoking? Join the debate in the comments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12601425\/smoking-ban-cigarette-age-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GREAT DEBATE: Do YOU think the Government should be banning 14 year olds from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetimes &#8211; and will it work? 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