MPs vote in favour of government's smoking ban plans
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2024
- Health minister Andrea Leadsom MP reacts to Rishi Sunak's bill passing its first second reading - the bill will stop young people from ever being able to smoke.
A total of 383 MPs voted in favour of the bill, while 67 opposed it.
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Black market cigarettes will just take over 😂🤦♂️
already have mate, just want an excuse to fund a new police task force
They're either stupid or they don't care. EIther way, they're going to get a lot less money through tax now from smokers. I've been using black market ever since they increased the tax. Now those who have the money to pay that extra money will instead have no choice but to get black market.
Better than it being legal. Black market will price gouge, less people will purchase, people will be less incentivised to do it due to risk of being criminalised and less people from future generations will adopt it
What happened to the royal college of physicians and the 98% safer than smoking study?
@@davidshepherd8917 What is absolutely hilarious about the UK trying to ban smoking is that in the USA since 2021 we are moving to INCREASE smoking by making marijuana legal. As of 2024 marijuana or cannabis is now a $40 Billion industry with 15,000 legal dispensaries and it is expected to grow to $115 Billion by 2030. The number of adults who smoke has risen from 7% in 2013 to 13% in 2024, and is expected to gradually increase to about 20% of the population by 2035. So, what is the UK going to do when to get a trade deal with the USA, there might be a demand to legalize cannabis in your country?
Ban MPs!
Yeah that will free our country of idiots
Proposed replacement institute?
A crèche.
It’s a smoke screen not to talk about or deal with the Countless issues that the Country has.
Well said.
Ufff the pun usage, beautiful 😢
Not just this country..this crap is only to hide Israeli crime..
😊😊
Excuse the pun
What do The Tories know about health. They just tried killing all our babies by preventing them from having whooping cough (Coupvid 19)?
Are we ban drinking too ? Liver cancer going up too. ?? Or what about plastic that's in the food chain... ??
They’re going to ban the Nirvana Fallacy next, so there’s no point in banning anything.
One can only hope. The binge drinking "culture" in the UK is probably the worst thing about it for me. Drunk retards all over the place at all times.
We should ban alcohol. There is absolutely zero benefit.
@@ThelastShepherd. Alcohol doesn't make me happy anymore, started to realize that the happiness its totally fake and I can't actually get drunk an enjoy myself because the moment I act immature i cringe inside an I am always telling myself "don't fk up" so what's point for me alcohol is for an apocalypse/doomsday situation not for socializing 😂😂😂
@@ThelastShepherd.shutup, this is a free country
I'm a non smoker and I don't like it personally but people have freedom of choice if they want to smoke the government don't dictate anything they qork for us
Prime ministers priority? Theyl never get in again
Trying to eliminate the leading cause of preventable death in this country seems like a wise thing to be on the Prime Minister's agenda, amongst other things of course.
'free them from nicotine addiction' lovely bit of spin there. 'free them by taking away their freedom' doublespeak
They did the same thing with seatbelt enforcement, the road death stats showed it helped.
People complained en mass back then, that doesn't happen now
Bad take. There is no reason to provide the next generation with the ability to smoke cigarretes. Zero benefit to anybody.
NHS can no longer support idiots killing themselves and others sorry
Whole heartedly agree with this or at least deny smokers health benefits
@@shadowinversionvery true
@@shadowinversionwhat about the fact we’re all big boys and can make decisions ourselves?
So did the houses of Parliament keep their smoking room
This is about stopping people from getting into smoking, not getting lost causes off nicotine.
And Tax free cigarettes in the houses of parliament! tax free spirits and beers is all good for them just not the great unwashed!!
@@Alberto2whilst ignoring alcohol, yeh great call 🙄
@@Buddhavibez Alcohol is not nearly as bad as cigarettes.
Not a problem as long as it stays there.
My guess is, the tobacco industry just doesn't pay well enough to have the vote in their favour anymore.
They are more invested in vapes now since it's cheaper buying and mixing chemicals together then growing tobacco plants.
“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.”
― Albert Camus
The nanny state strikes again
If there is an area where I'm happy that nanny state works, it's smoking and air quality in general. Why do I have to breathe some crap other people want to poison themselves with?
the Punjabi state ,,..
Took the words out my mouth was about to comment it
what rubbish, smoking kills
@@countfosco8535 and so what if people want to smoke then let them they know the health implications. Should we also let the nanny state start rationing food as well so people don't get fat and drink to much coca cola?
Nothing worse than a none smoker They have just made sure that thousands of teenagers who would never have smoked Now will because they have been told they cant Well done!
I want to see a ban on alcohol if that’s the case. Lot of people addicted to alcohol.
Bollocks I like my beer.
I like my cigarettes 🚬 :) and the odd pint 🍻
Less direct impact on other people’s health
Cars kill way more people. Let's ban cars.
GO AND LIVE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY LIKE TO BAN STUFF...KOREA IS GOOD..
What a joke and disaster,this torry gov for the last few yearrs, Uk is in freefall…
Another attempt at pushing digital ID.
I don’t even smoke- but I’m APPALLED that more and more freedoms are taken away from people EVERY YEAR in the UK. And ironically by the very people ALLEGEDLY there to serve the publics wishes. These freedom takers do not represent me, nor anyone else who values the small freedoms we have left in this country.
Ban living! Tax breathing!
Clean air zones is tax on breathing.
It's called the New World Order !!
Sunak is as much use as a candyfloss door knocker
About as much use as tits on a fish
or the popes testicles.
57 still smoking - my only vice - do not intend of giving up. Better not start on us oldies ! Gen X.
Telling youths they can’t do something always works 🤨
if I were in this age group I’d probably smoke because id been refused the right to choose
Thats moronic, smoking rates *will* decrease as a result of this.
Regardless if some want to take it up out of spite or not.
@@matthewbrennan9758 lol is that a fact or just based on your speculation and if so wheres your source of info coming from it will do the opposite it wont decrease at all
People will get them from somewhere, the difference is now it will potentially not be taxed.. absolutely brainless ban
Also black market cigs can have anything in them so it's not for public health this is about control plain and simple.
“People will get them from somewhere”
Yea, but less people will. And future generations will have a much higher likelihood of never using them in the first place.
It can’t be taxed, ok but we’re saving on paying for the issues caused by smoking in the NHS. Then there’s the added income tax value added by people who now live longer than if they carried on smoking or get introduced to it.
Black markets will form but not everyone will utilise it. Prices will be gouged and less people will afford it.
New Zealand just backtracked on their smoking ban. I don’t see it lasting.. 😂😂😂
The Party that were in opposition at the time of the ban repealed it when they got in power but it sounds as if this ban has decent support from the UK labour Party.
but the pathetic british public, will do as they are told. no backbone.
They divide us on every subject they can think of. And then take the wrong side.
They are on my side Smokers ruined our young years
We can make our own decisions so get FfffEd
Well said
Apparently we can't.
what about young people - why stop them from driving if they can make their own decisions?
A comment from one of natural selection‘s finest.
@@Chafflives do explain
They’ll never ban cigarettes because they’ll lose too much tax money
off-set by the huge savings for the NHS not having to treat people with smoking related diseases. Further off-set by income tax payers who will not die young from smoking diseases. Not to mention the removal of the abject misery of suggestible people who fall victim to tobacco addiction.
@@archietheanarchist
Obesity rates are skyrocketing, the NHS will be overrun (over waddled) by fatties, so any savings will be obliterated
@@archietheanarchistthis is a myth
Sorry but your wrong, they don't need the revenue from fags, they'll get more from vapes which is cheaper to make so making more money for shareholders ie torys
@@ydnallah1541 So we should enable a heavier loss than would be incurred if it was just obesity?
LESS CIGARETTES, MORE BOAT MIGRANTS! sounds about right for the British government
Let’s hope they have a duty free shop on the dinghy
@@Redsleather the duty free is on the RNLI boats that meet them in the channel and chaperone them to dover….
I’m sick to death of f.king government.
It’s not the business of government to impose upon peoples lives,telling people what to do and what to think,it should be purely necessary administrative (secretarial) work with according pay grade.
Good golly they'll be forcing jabs in people's arms next
No. Let natural selection take its course.
I seem to remember something like that 😵😵
😂
“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.”
― Albert Camus
I hear they are going to force drivers to not drink alcohol while driving next.
It's great that our dystopian leaders just tell us what we can and can't do.
What they should be doing with our money is carrying out research and providing information to the public. And that's all.
Make personal accountability great again
Report It correctly. It Is NOT a smoking ban. It Is a ban on selling tobacco to a certain age group which Is something entirely different. If someone who Is not allowed to buy tobacco obtains It by whatever other means, they are NOT banned from using It and will not face any prosecution.
Isnt that already the case ?? There is an age limit on buying tobacco products
@@aidiess Yes and from what I can ascertain the ''Ban'' does not mean usage of tobacco just the purchase of. So I stand by what I said It's NOT a ban It's just banning people buying tobacco. If someone else gets It for them they are and still will be legally allowed to use It, just like now.
For now
It doesn't matter. They are done
She is delusional, “We have a very good Prime Minister at the moment” Really?
I'm an ex smoker who regrets ever starting.
But I will defend anyone's right to smoke if they want to. It's their choice.
Top priority should be getting the nhs on track not smoking more people are dying in are hospitals from not being treated in time from other problems
Exactly, lets focus on dealing with emphysema, lung cancer, throat cancer, heart disease, strokes, bronchitis and COPD. Why are we wasting our time banning smoking??
@@friendgray1😂
Agree 100% and one of the biggest revenues to Government is the Tobacco industry who will they come after when there are no smokers for the huge amounts of cash they squander?? any idea?
And what is a good way to get it back on track? Alleviate one of its biggest burdens?
@@shadowinversion another new page a bloody bot
Imagine if they take any more cigarette tax/funding from the NHS, the paramedics would be taking us to hospitals in wheelbarrows.
So what happens in 15 years time when shopkeepers have to age verify people aged 30+? Seems to me it’s going to be totally unworkable and the poor shopkeeper is going to be the one to suffer the fines. If they want to do this it needs to be illegal to buy cigarettes, not sell them!
It'll just open a huge black market anyway. Hell, I bet some guys who this ban won't apply to are about to make bank.
@@beefsteakozzy9117 exactly. Good way to make a lot of extra cash off of this.
It's not too far off that now ...........
More likely, the shop will stop carrying them as the hassle won't be worth it, similar to how cigarette machines vanished from pubs after the age limit to buy went up to 18.
I've never smoked and I have no desire to start, but this is ridiculous.
How about letting grown adults make up their own mind?
Smokers pay more in tobacco duty than they cost the NHS. Obesity costs us considerably more than smoking ever has.
What about the non-smokers forced to inhale second-hand smoke, or change location?
Another slap in the working class face
Why not ban bombs?
Because we need them when big bad dictator comes to hurt us
Maybe because of Russia , China, North Korea, and soon to be Iran who will definitely use it.
@@chuckabutty888 oh shut up no one is buying this scaremongering crap anymore, if we stop meddling in other nations sovereign affairs we wont have any problems, simple as!
Ban MPs having second jobs or donations from third parties.
This is one of the prime minister's top priorities? Clearly, he has too much time on his hands.
The subject highest on all voters' minds - even more crucial than education, cost of living, employment, immigration, pensions, housing, NHS, oops and Brexit. Cracking policy, Sunak, keep it up!
What's the concern behind the push to prevent minors from smoking?
Alcohol next , then freedom of movement ,electric car only , we are being controlled more and more
sounds good
Lets get some prehistoric woman to talk about changes to our country. How out of touch are these people
Do not vote Labour they are the worst
andrea leadsome had a charm bypass long time ago
70 years olds asking 71 year olds to go in the shop for them 😂
14 years of Tory government and this is the first thing they’ve done that I’ve agreed with. My mother died of lung cancer, btw.
I'm guessing she didn't pay attention in history when American banned alcohol and in doing so it made a lot of criminals and every day people very rich because they made/imported/stolen and sold their own.
The lawyers of the cigarette companies will unpack the law, pass the information onto the R&D team and an alternative product, as close to the original but within the confines of the new law will be created. E-Cigs were almost a pre-emptive response to this. I struggle to see how importing third-world men is okay, forcing experimental drugs on people is fine, tinkering with what goes into our food and atmosphere is super chill but people buying a pack of ciggies is wrong and needs legislating against.
The last nail in the coffin 😂😂
What about when they go on holiday and buy 1000 cigarettes abroad? They’re only banning purchasing tobacco in the uk not the actual smoking of it
No they are not they are uping the age to buy it
@@johnny71c
I mean in relation to those born 2009 onwards
Great, in a few years we'll have 20-30 year old hanging outside the shop asking if someone can go in for them 🤣🤣
But only the addicted bananas.
I was recently in Singapore Airport and it was covered with posters saying that anyone with Vapes face a fine of up to $10,000. They don’t beat about the bush, why do we.
this is Britain , not west Bengal ...
Cultural differences, we're rebellious by nature.
@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 dopey tosser West Bengal is in Iceland, not Singapore.
@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361Singapore isn’t in West Bengal… it’s its own country.
@@mrnumba154Ok so we have an inferior element of culture
OK so since it's about health and saving the public money, I will expect a similar law on alcohol.
It’s not going to work, hasn’t worked anywhere
Everyones taxes are going through the roof woohoo
Imagine in decades to come they'll have to ID 50 year olds for a pack of cigs
I enjoy having a cigarette or two in the evenings and I don’t have any plans to quit.
I suggest she puts as much compassion and effort into mental health support, something the conservatives lack.
Meddle meddle meddle
is that the name of your dog "medle " 😂
Beer will be next
I wonder if they’ll remove the free snuff box (chewing tobacco) in the houses of common for MPs
Which hasn’t been used in literally almost 30 years btw
Now we just need to ban motorbikes, alcohol, nicotine, mc Donald's, takeaways, give us "freedom" from being free
Don’t forget chocolate 😢
Slavery is freedom, ignorance is strength
We have shares in vape import 😂 tobacco companies don't lobby enough anymore
That is all the main parties who will not get my vote.
No parties are getting my vote
I want my freedom, if I want to smoke I should be able to…
It'll just go into the hands of dealers. If people want something, they'll get it.
smokers that quit are the worst.
Yes, of course its unconservative
Brexit was unconservative ask Thatcher ask Churchill
Because the ban on drugs has gone so well we have decided to extend it.
What about banning politicians and auto cue READERS?
Britian. Land of lemons.
Are they banning all smoking or just making the age higher to buy ?
Question do we know who lifter the Energy cap ? I think it was the Chancellor of the exchequer
So does this mean pipes cigars herbal cigarettes???
Need vote for investigation into the vaccine!!!
that freedom argument is a joke
We are moving towards illegalising cigarettes and legalising drugs. So strange. Is it all about what income the govt can raise.
Noted 5 ambulances on call during a 15 minute walk through town. Not unusual and getting ever more frantic. Nothing to do with the harmful armful, I suppose?
So when do we ban Alcohol 🤔🤔
Anyone breathing second-hand alcohol into your lungs?
@@Chafflives Probably not, but there are families who grieve over the loss of a loved one through drink-driving. In some cases because the deceased was the offending drinker, in others because someone else was.
can we now make it law that all mps are drug tested ?
many charlie positive
Long live Rishi Sunak.
Ban smoking is what majority of British want; so yes, it's very UnConservative
🎉🎉CELE🅱️R🅰️TE 🚭🚭🌬️NOT 3️⃣DAY Truss😂
Yes its un democratic one as well! its an erosion of civil libertys nobody likes smoking its not great but people should have the right to make a decision to smoke if they care to!
What about MY rights as a non-smoker?
It is about time something was done about these lunatics in power.
Labour in blue ties
Zero seats! Zero seats! Zero seats!
Since when did these guys care about our health loool..let's wait and see what's behind all this coverup
It's unsonservarive, but at least they are consistent.
I propose we ban remuneration for MPs.
XL Bully ban hasn't worked as people are still breeding and selling nor will this work. How about a ban on unidentified illegal migrants intitled to benifits
Is it possible to create a cigarette without nicotine?
No one understanding the plan watch cigarette prices gonna go up this is the plan
Parliament can't solve the issues that matters, so they indulge themselves with frippery.
What happens now. 😮
What’s all this about Postman Pat going dogging? I mean WTF???
The proper role of government is to protect each of us from coercion, not to use coercion against us under a pretext of ‘looking after us.’ However, if we accept the altruist/collectivist premise that the individual is a servant owned by ‘society as a whole’ (the master), then its representative (the state) has every damn right to dictate which chemical compounds we put into our morally enslaved bodies.
Not at all next stop Alcohol!
Imagine walking down the street smoking feeling like a bawler criminal 😂
Yes because banning drugs has really worked so well lol😂 whilst I get the theory behind this the practise will be people will turn to the black market and the government will lose tax revenue which in turn will put further strain on the NHS which is one of the very reasons this law was put into place ironically to alleviate some of the burden on the NHS. Why they haven’t foreseen this is beyond belief
Its anti freedom is what it is
Cry more
@@friendgray1okay fascist
Don't worry these idiots obviously dont know that smokers will go on the black market 😉..
@@mandychadwick9262exactly, will these morons ever learn their history
The Mafia effectively exists purely because a certain government wanted to ban a product that people liked
@dariasstalbottson6067 Saville 😂
Booze will be next in the do gooders sights.
Tax on alcohol has risen under the Tories, along with all their other dozens of tax rises since 2010