00:00 The government has proposed a new law to protect future generations of young people from the
00:05 dangers of smoking.
00:07 Children who turn 14 this year or younger will be prevented from ever legally being
00:11 sold cigarettes in England, in a bid to create the first smoke-free generation.
00:17 Proposed new legislation will make it illegal for those born after January 1st 2009 to be
00:22 sold tobacco products, to phase out smoking in young people almost completely.
00:28 We spoke to people on the streets of Manchester to find out what they think about this proposed
00:32 ban.
00:33 Trying to stop anybody from smoking is probably a good thing for a start.
00:36 I can't really disagree with it.
00:38 I'm not sure it will work.
00:40 No, I'm not sure it will work.
00:43 Because you can always get, there's always the black market isn't there and I'm sure
00:47 if anything that's banned tends to go underground.
00:49 I think we'll find it somehow.
00:52 My children both smoke because they saw me smoking I think when they were younger or
00:56 it wasn't quite so difficult to smoke and get cigarettes.
01:01 And they're probably regretting it too.
01:04 So I certainly do.
01:05 The banning of smoking within pubs and bars and that type of thing, restaurants, that's
01:09 really reduced the amount of people who smoke, hasn't it?
01:13 So that's proven.
01:14 So, you know, maybe there's a case for banning it completely.
01:17 I didn't even know that was a thing but I completely agree because I myself am struggling
01:22 with quitting.
01:24 It's only been three weeks but yeah, I think that's like a really, because I look left,
01:29 I look right, everyone is vaping, it needs to stop.
01:32 Like it really does.
01:35 It's gotten out of hand.
01:36 Yeah.
01:37 Yeah, I mean I agree.
01:38 I actually think vaping is worse than smoking cigarettes.
01:41 I think that should be dealt with first because you see even like 10 year old children now
01:46 vaping and it's a battery.
01:48 I mean if you're going to smoke a cigarette, at least that's tobacco, it's natural.
01:52 I think they need to deal with the vaping first.
01:55 Very torn.
01:56 I mean I'm a big man of free will and all this type of thing, however, it's obviously
02:01 detrimental to kids and it's a big killer.
02:04 The good point is obviously for the NHS, it's going to stop people getting ill, it's going
02:08 to save the country money, it's going to save families from having to deal with loved ones
02:12 dying, stuff like that.
02:13 But also we should have free will and we should be able to do what we want, especially in
02:17 this country who's a big advocate of that, I would think.
02:19 Well, I think there need to be some barriers for young people to start smoking but this
02:25 country is free.
02:26 I have a few people, a few friends who need to smoke for stress, for mental health and
02:30 if it does help, it's one of the reasons you need to let these people do, you know, to
02:36 smoke.
02:37 Myself, personally, I think it's not going to work because fair enough, if you're born
02:41 from 2009 onwards, you won't be able to buy it.
02:44 There are people that are going to buy or provide them the cigarettes so how does it
02:48 work?
02:49 Smokers are always going to find a way to smoke but something has to be done.
02:54 The NHS has pressure, you know, I have no family that have, somebody personally in my
02:58 family that have had lung cancer because of smoking so I'm hoping that it will decrease
03:05 the amount of people that are dying of this disease because of smoking.
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