UK raises age at which tobacco can be legally bought

Posted on October 11th, 2007 by

Recently in the UK, another milestone has been achieved in the drive to denormalise tobacco smoking – the age at which young people can legally buy tobacco has been raised from 16 to 18, and this new ruling came into force from the beginning of October 2007.
Raising the age at which young people can buy […]

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Young people and tobacco advertising

Posted on September 27th, 2007 by

The UK charity Quit, that helps people to give up smoking, has reported that young people are three times as likely to start smoking if both their parents smoke, but, significantly, whether their parents approve or disapprove of smoking is also a factor.

Similarly, an Australian study found that young people are twice as likely […]

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