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Plans to raise the minimum legal age for smoking to 21 years
8th June 2022
Should the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes be raised to twenty-one years.
The Guardian carries an article that suggests that an independent review of the minimum smoking age is on the point of advocating raising the minimum age to 21, along with adopting other parts of New Zealand's radical anti-smoking agenda.
Plan to raise smoking age to 21 to be unveiled amid UK government splits https://t.co/fniqZWOBGu
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 7, 2022
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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