Finally A Good Idea On Smoking

I was a smoker from age 13 to 40 before i switched to vaping and as i have got older the amount of people i know who continued to smoke and have gone on to get lung cancer means that it is not a coincidence so i have some sympathy with the Governments plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes in England by one year every year in a crackdown on smoking until no-one can buy a tobacco product
Currently the legal age to buy tobacco is 18 in the UK so rather than banning them, increasing it annually will mean that anyone who currently smokes will be able continue to do so but the next generation will struggle to get their hands on them.
As a smoker i tried to quit many times and it is very, very hard because of the nicotine addiction so making it increasingly hard to start in the first place makes sense as does the plan to restrict vaping by making it less attractive and again, i find it hard to argue against their arguments
The first is that the e-cigarette companies are aiming their wares at the under 18 market with flavours such as ice cream, bubble gum and candy floss.
The second is that the 'safe' aspect of vaping will tempt people to try smoking who would not have necessarily have and i have already met people who have tried vaping, liked it and then tried a cigarette.
Disposable vapes are already being phased out by the end of the year so there are many things i dislike about the Conservatives but this idea is one i find myself nodding along to because smoking kills and there are many people i know who smoke who i would like to have around for a few more years yet.