! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.
The legal age at which you can smoke in North Britain is to change to 18 in an attempt to make the country more healthy. Smoking is already banned in all public places.
The full ban in England was diluted by an MP elected in North Britain and then voted on and passed by MP’s elected in all four home nations despite only having effect in England. Any attempt to raise the age limit in England would, of course, be scuppered by MP’s who have no business getting involved in English legislation.
As DK points out, Labour has an interest in making sure the tobacco companies keep turning huge profits – the North British Executive’s pension scheme has invested heavily in the tobacco industry.
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