Comment: And if you are a teenager then you are too stupid to make your own choices...They will make it for you. If pure unadulterated tobacco was available along with a clear and concise explanation of the benefits as well as the potential risks then this would be a much more sensible approach. But of course, that is not something the BMA is famous for.
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British Medical Association (BMA) doctors have voted to demand a permanent ban on selling cigarettes to those born after the millennium – i.e. kids who are currently 14 or under. The group’s ambitious plan is to make British society tobacco free by 2035.
The motion was passed at a meeting on Tuesday.
“It is not expected that this policy will instantly prevent all people from smoking, but [rather it will] de-normalise cigarette smoking,” said London research assistant in academic public health, Dr Tim Crocker-Buqué at the meeting. “The level of harm caused by smoking is unconscionable.”
The decision was made at the British Medical Association's annual representatives' meeting on Tuesday. The doctors’ voting in favor means that the doctors’ union will push for the British government to introduce the ban.
The BMA has previously been successful in its attempts to clampdown on smoking. After votes in 2002 and 2011 bans on smoking in public places and cars carrying children were introduced.
According to Crocker-Buqué, some 100 million people died as a result of tobacco-related illness during the 20th century. He added that nine out of 10 smokers wished they had never started.
He added that teenagers cannot make informed choices about taking up the habit.
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British Medical Association (BMA) doctors have voted to demand a permanent ban on selling cigarettes to those born after the millennium – i.e. kids who are currently 14 or under. The group’s ambitious plan is to make British society tobacco free by 2035.
The motion was passed at a meeting on Tuesday.
“It is not expected that this policy will instantly prevent all people from smoking, but [rather it will] de-normalise cigarette smoking,” said London research assistant in academic public health, Dr Tim Crocker-Buqué at the meeting. “The level of harm caused by smoking is unconscionable.”
The decision was made at the British Medical Association's annual representatives' meeting on Tuesday. The doctors’ voting in favor means that the doctors’ union will push for the British government to introduce the ban.
The BMA has previously been successful in its attempts to clampdown on smoking. After votes in 2002 and 2011 bans on smoking in public places and cars carrying children were introduced.
According to Crocker-Buqué, some 100 million people died as a result of tobacco-related illness during the 20th century. He added that nine out of 10 smokers wished they had never started.
He added that teenagers cannot make informed choices about taking up the habit.
Read more
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