Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned.

Whitehall sources said the prime minister was looking at measures similar to those brought in by New Zealand last December. They involved steadily increasing the legal smoking age so tobacco would end up never being sold to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009.

  • Vode An
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    411 year ago

    Tried going cold Turkey today, made it like 14 hours.

    It’s the right thing to do. It’s a very hard addiction to escape. I know a guy who beat heroin and can’t beat nicotine.

    • @SpeedLimit55
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      161 year ago

      It took me years to quit, I slowly cut cigs out of my daily activities.

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        91 year ago

        Good on you! That’s awesome. thankfully I’m not inhaling anything anymore, but damn if it’s hard to quit the substance entirely. Big ups to everyone who made it out though.

        • @SpeedLimit55
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          91 year ago

          Yeah its tough, just do your best and stick with it. Now my only nicotine is from a cigar a few times a year.

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            01 year ago

            Nice, what type? I’m not a cigar guy, but if I ever encounter a Cohiba I’m going to try it.

            • @SpeedLimit55
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              31 year ago

              Just random cigars from samplers like Rocky Patel, Oliva, Romeo y Julieta. Had a Cohiba my buddy brought back a while back. It was good but not mind blowing.

    • @jagungal
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      131 year ago

      I knew someone who kicked a cocaine habit and stopped drinking alcohol, but died of cancer because he couldn’t quit smoking.

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      31 year ago

      I recently quit. I’m about 6 weeks since my last patch. A relapse is exceedingly unlikely.

      Going cold turkey would never have worked for me. Cut down > switch to patches > taper off.