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Enforcement needed to make age rise for cigarettes work Print E-mail
Monday, 13 August 2007

Scotland’s government must work pro-actively to ensure that the upcoming change in the age requirement for the purchase of cigarettes meets its full potential according to ASH Scotland. 

From 1 October, only those 18 and over will be able to legally purchase cigarettes, as opposed to the current age of 16. But ASH Scotland says that without a coherent plan of “enforcement, awareness, prevention and cessation” the opportunity to reduce youth smoking presented by the move will be lost.

ASH Scotland has written to the Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee to express concern that such a plan has yet to be fully developed.

ASH Scotland chief executive Maureen Moore OBE said:

“ASH Scotland actively supports any initiatives that can reduce the harmful effects of tobacco so welcome the change in the minimum purchase age rising to the same as that for alcohol. Scotland has the highest rate of young smokers in Britain and 82 per cent of under age children regularly buy their cigarettes from shops, so if this move can help reduce the numbers of young people in Scotland taking up smoking, and help others to quit, it should be fully supported.

“As part of a package of measures to tackle smoking, the rise in purchase age could be effective. There is solid evidence that when properly implemented, age restriction laws can lead to a significant decline in the numbers of retailers selling cigarettes to those underage. However, this is only the case if the law is effectively implemented, and on this we believe the government has not yet provided enough detail.”
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