Rejected petition: The government should not introduce a ban on smoking for people born after 2008
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The smoking ban should be implemented for a younger generation or removed altogether. I would propose those born after 2012. Instead a greater awareness around the dangers of smoking and strategies to overcome peer pressure would be more appropriate to implement.
I think this because those currently aged 16 would be banned. Many of people this age are already smoking. By making it illegal for them to smoke in future, many will resort to purchasing illegally and then becoming addicted to more harmful substances. With the proposed date, those currently aged 13 will be the first to be banned. This would be more likely do decrease the amount of already addicted people from being negatively affected by the ban.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We are unclear whether you are calling the ban to be removed, or whether you want to move the age on which it applies. You can start a new petition setting this out more clearly.
You may also wish to sign this petition which calls for similar action:
'Keep the legal age to buy tobacco at 18'
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768064We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.