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Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak (www.bbc.com)

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[–] Karius@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's already prohibitively taxed to be around £12-15 for a 20 pack. There are 4 corner stores within a 5 minute walk of my house that do them under the counter for a fiver, and you can bet they don't care about IDs either

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Contact the HMRC fraud department. They would stop these sales very quickly.