Public react to govt's plan to raise minimum smoking age

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Members of the public react to the government's proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase cigarettes every year. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Do it. Yeah, I'm all for it. So, yeah. Might as well make it a smoke-free Britain.

00:06 That will definitely work. I do think that would work because if I hadn't picked up my first cigarette,

00:11 I wouldn't be a smoker now and I spend so much money on it.

00:14 Vaping is such a part of young people's culture at the moment.

00:19 I think everybody's vaping nowadays.

00:22 So, for something that was supposed to come in to stop people from smoking,

00:26 they're going straight on to vaping instead of coming off smoking to go to vaping.

00:29 Well, if you've got parents who don't mind their kids smoking,

00:32 then they're going to buy it for their kids and off.

00:35 My daughter's 14 and her friends can get hold of vapes.

00:39 Cigarettes, no, but vapes, yes. It's almost like a toy to them with the flavours.

00:44 I understand it might help those who are trying to give up the actual cigarettes for the vapes,

00:50 but I think ID needs to be used.

00:55 The same with alcohol, cigarettes, anything that's over 18.

00:59 So, they should be asked for ID.

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