[jambutty]

The only way that this government will stop kids from smoking is to stop everyone from smoking.
The only way that they will be able to do that is to ban the manufacture, sale and importing of tobacco products.
That would push the industry underground and only achieve overloaded courts, overfull jails and a serious loss of revenue plus an expanded unemployment register.

In any case alcohol does far more damage to our youngsters and as a side effect creates major problems to our nursing staff than tobacco ever did.

Vehicle exhaust fumes cause more damage than tobacco smoke ever did.

All this bru ha ha is nothing more than a puerile attempt to get us arguing amongst ourselves whilst the government quietly seeks out new ways of imposing stealth taxes.

Instead of allowing ourselves to get bogged down in non-issues we should be pushing for a referendum on EU integration.