New plans from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would see the legal age for buying tobacco raised by a year every year
Stopping the nation from smoking has long been a top priority for medical experts, families and governments, and PM Rishi Sunak has made his plans for the issues clear. At the 2023 Conservative Party Conference, Sunak said that the legal age for buying tobacco should rise every year from those born in 2009 in a bid to “try and stop teenagers taking up cigarettes in the first place”.
“Aside from the detrimental effect on cognitive ability as outlined above, smoking is, of course, a leading cause of various health problems, including lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , and many others,” he says. “Smoking during adolescence can also interfere with the growth and development of the lungs, leading to reduced lung function. This can result in breathing difficulties and decreased physical performance.
"Some reports suggest young people can get through as many as seven vapes a week, the equivalent of 14 packets of cigarettes. That is an enormous amount of nicotine and so we can expect to see the health risks posed by nicotine to be exacerbated in vapers than smokers – which could be severely impacting cognitive function and affecting academic performance.”
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