Surely the tobacco industry is not paying this one
MrPloppyHead on
Surely, even for reform, that would be stupid. I dont think I have ever met anybody, smoker or not, that would want to change this.
dd3fb353b512fe99f954 on
The headline is a bit misleading. This refers only to the ban on sale of tobacco products to those born after 2009 that the tories bought in.
SujalChirme7049 on
The generational ban model is actually a public-health strategy: instead of banning smoking immediately, it slowly eliminates it by ensuring younger generations never legally start. If it works, smoking rates could drop dramatically over 20–30 years.
Rameez_Raja on
It’s actually fascinating how european far right groups have become these big tent parties for all kinds of regarded issues. Almost like someone realised the village idiot demographic forms a big chunk of the electorate that no one else is pursuing.
lambaroo on
he probably wants lead back in petrol and the abolition of the drink driving rules too…
heapOfWallStreet on
We should incentive each patridiot to smoke more.
burundilapp on
It almost feels like he’s now realised that Reform has done a bit too well at taking out the Tories and he is in within grasp of the leadership, WHICH HE DOES NOT WANT.
The whole grift of Reform and Farage/Tice etc… is based on taking money to promote their right wing ideology without having to do any actual real politicking, the US based Heritage foundation and their ilk pay these idiots a huge amount via various means to fund their social media, their campaigns, talking tours etc…
They make far more money from this grift than they ever would as just a politician and if either of them had to do the PMs role they would see their income drop by 5 to 10 fold overnight.
This is the not so secret ‘secret’ about Reform and why anyone who actually joins with an intent of making Britain better soon leaves as they realise the leadership does not want power, they just want to coin it in.
Blubbolo on
Cancers are so in right now.
Legitimate-Tip-2149 on
This man is stuck in the past, it’s embarrassing.
egnappah on
Can you guys pass a law to ban Farage?
jadedflames on
“There are other far more effective and civilised ways to ensure that young people do not take up vaping and smoking, and so protect their health for decades to come.”
“As for those like me, known to enjoy a pint and a cigarette, we have been told the risks and we are prepared to take our chances”, he added.
What a jackass.
50_61S-----165_97E on
Is he going to repeal the idoitic ban on leaded petrol too? Maybe bring back asbestos? If we’re going back in time, let’s get rid of seatbelts too.
Shawn_The_Sheep777 on
This coupled with his ambition to abolish the NHS works out really well for smokers
Manealendil on
Reform cannot understand consent
DAJ1 on
He’s talking about a planned outright ban on all smoking, rather than repealing indoor and public smoking laws. Honestly, if people are fully aware of the risks and aren’t doing it in a way that can damage other people’s health then an adult should be free to make that choice.
47Up on
I wonder if he has yellow stains all over his fingers and he probably stinks all the time.
ortcutt on
They’re fighting the battles of two or three decades ago.
I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS on
I genuinely think (maybe hope) that Reform are starting to fall victim to their own echo chamber. They spend so much time basking in the adoration of reactive boomers that they forget that most of the country actually likes not having cigarette smoke everywhere.
Anonymeese109 on
Is that all they’ve got?
thissomeotherplace on
“I demand more people die of cigarette smoke”
An interesting policy, promoting the death of British people.
Such a shame he won’t be able to get all those crypto donations. Wonder where they all would have come from…?
Squiliam-Tortaleni on
Cancer is what the UK needs apparently… dunce
BaritBrit on
Ok, in full fairness to Farage the headline is being pretty misleading here on what he wants to ban. Which, you know, it’s JOE so fair enough, expected.
The headline is implying that he’s looking to remove something like the indoor smoking ban brought in across the 2000s, or maybe the smoking while driving ban from 2013. What he’s *actually* talking about is the “generational smoking ban” policy barring anyone born in 2009 or later from ever buying tobacco products, which was only proposed in 2023 and isn’t law yet.
So it’s technically accurate but much less “back to the 1970s” than the headline implies.
HarryCumpole on
Fatuous angry racist smug man is angry at:
* EU rules about food safety
* Brown people speaking white languages
* White people speaking brown languages
* Welsh people speaking a foreign language called Welsh, a language that used to be called British and was only called Welsh by the British who were called British later than any of this
QueefInMyKisser on
This proposed law does seem a bit stupid. It would be pretty wild 20 years from now if a 37 year old could smoke but a 36 year old couldn’t. Do people really think that’s a good idea?
Arbable on
I smoked for 18 years starting at 12. It’s always been a scourge and it was smoking bans that helped me quit by not having it constantly around me when I went out and stuff.
I’m old enough to remember smoking pubs, wether you smoked or not your clothes stank like shit for days after
Thegluigi on
No one really smokes anymore in the UK, so this policy is about 20 years out of date….. Much like farage and most MPs now days.
Sebashtiantv on
This guy just listens to angry drunk rants at Spoons and adds them to his program
SillyDeersFloppyEars on
I like that he can’t understand the logic in allowing 28 year olds to smoke but not 27 year olds in a decade’s time, but the logic of allowing 18 year olds to smoke but not 17 year olds today is just fine. It’s the exact same rule we already have, just shifted ten years.
As someone that has seen family members suffer and die horrifically because of smoking, Farage can fuck right off into the sea.
sharksareok on
“WE WANT THE RIGHT TO HAVE CANCER!!!”
Sandmancze on
Chaotic evil at it’s finest.
Decalvare_Scriptor on
90% of people commenting have only read the headline as usual. This isn’t referring to the smoking ban that most of you think it is referring to.
Socmel_ on
Yeah, let’s do it, Nigel!
Not getting cancer is too woke
allarounder60 on
It’s perhaps time for a faragexit.
j0kerclash on
The function of the generational smoking ban was to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to cigerrettes in the first place rather than apply pressure onto people who are already addicted and don’t/can’t stop despite the massive health risks.
Farage is essentially advocating for lung cancer and nicotine addiction in future generations, he wants a cigerette in the hands of your children or grandchildren, and no doubt he’s motivated by money rather than liberty.
Zlifbar on
Farage calling anything “idiotic” sounds like a ringing endorsement to me.
lentil_burger on
What a dick head. I’m a smoker and there’s literally no reason to object to this.
Impossible-Scene5084 on
God, he is such a stupid odious little toad.
This is pure trumpolitoco – randomly promise stuff to grab headlines, and you can bet he will gaslight us later claiming he never promised any such thing.
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Reason #658 for not voting Reform.
Priorities. He hates this country so much.
Surely the tobacco industry is not paying this one
Surely, even for reform, that would be stupid. I dont think I have ever met anybody, smoker or not, that would want to change this.
The headline is a bit misleading. This refers only to the ban on sale of tobacco products to those born after 2009 that the tories bought in.
The generational ban model is actually a public-health strategy: instead of banning smoking immediately, it slowly eliminates it by ensuring younger generations never legally start. If it works, smoking rates could drop dramatically over 20–30 years.
It’s actually fascinating how european far right groups have become these big tent parties for all kinds of regarded issues. Almost like someone realised the village idiot demographic forms a big chunk of the electorate that no one else is pursuing.
he probably wants lead back in petrol and the abolition of the drink driving rules too…
We should incentive each patridiot to smoke more.
It almost feels like he’s now realised that Reform has done a bit too well at taking out the Tories and he is in within grasp of the leadership, WHICH HE DOES NOT WANT.
The whole grift of Reform and Farage/Tice etc… is based on taking money to promote their right wing ideology without having to do any actual real politicking, the US based Heritage foundation and their ilk pay these idiots a huge amount via various means to fund their social media, their campaigns, talking tours etc…
They make far more money from this grift than they ever would as just a politician and if either of them had to do the PMs role they would see their income drop by 5 to 10 fold overnight.
This is the not so secret ‘secret’ about Reform and why anyone who actually joins with an intent of making Britain better soon leaves as they realise the leadership does not want power, they just want to coin it in.
Cancers are so in right now.
This man is stuck in the past, it’s embarrassing.
Can you guys pass a law to ban Farage?
“There are other far more effective and civilised ways to ensure that young people do not take up vaping and smoking, and so protect their health for decades to come.”
“As for those like me, known to enjoy a pint and a cigarette, we have been told the risks and we are prepared to take our chances”, he added.
What a jackass.
Is he going to repeal the idoitic ban on leaded petrol too? Maybe bring back asbestos? If we’re going back in time, let’s get rid of seatbelts too.
This coupled with his ambition to abolish the NHS works out really well for smokers
Reform cannot understand consent
He’s talking about a planned outright ban on all smoking, rather than repealing indoor and public smoking laws. Honestly, if people are fully aware of the risks and aren’t doing it in a way that can damage other people’s health then an adult should be free to make that choice.
I wonder if he has yellow stains all over his fingers and he probably stinks all the time.
They’re fighting the battles of two or three decades ago.
I genuinely think (maybe hope) that Reform are starting to fall victim to their own echo chamber. They spend so much time basking in the adoration of reactive boomers that they forget that most of the country actually likes not having cigarette smoke everywhere.
Is that all they’ve got?
“I demand more people die of cigarette smoke”
An interesting policy, promoting the death of British people.
Such a shame he won’t be able to get all those crypto donations. Wonder where they all would have come from…?
Cancer is what the UK needs apparently… dunce
Ok, in full fairness to Farage the headline is being pretty misleading here on what he wants to ban. Which, you know, it’s JOE so fair enough, expected.
The headline is implying that he’s looking to remove something like the indoor smoking ban brought in across the 2000s, or maybe the smoking while driving ban from 2013. What he’s *actually* talking about is the “generational smoking ban” policy barring anyone born in 2009 or later from ever buying tobacco products, which was only proposed in 2023 and isn’t law yet.
So it’s technically accurate but much less “back to the 1970s” than the headline implies.
Fatuous angry racist smug man is angry at:
* EU rules about food safety
* Brown people speaking white languages
* White people speaking brown languages
* Welsh people speaking a foreign language called Welsh, a language that used to be called British and was only called Welsh by the British who were called British later than any of this
This proposed law does seem a bit stupid. It would be pretty wild 20 years from now if a 37 year old could smoke but a 36 year old couldn’t. Do people really think that’s a good idea?
I smoked for 18 years starting at 12. It’s always been a scourge and it was smoking bans that helped me quit by not having it constantly around me when I went out and stuff.
I’m old enough to remember smoking pubs, wether you smoked or not your clothes stank like shit for days after
No one really smokes anymore in the UK, so this policy is about 20 years out of date….. Much like farage and most MPs now days.
This guy just listens to angry drunk rants at Spoons and adds them to his program
I like that he can’t understand the logic in allowing 28 year olds to smoke but not 27 year olds in a decade’s time, but the logic of allowing 18 year olds to smoke but not 17 year olds today is just fine. It’s the exact same rule we already have, just shifted ten years.
As someone that has seen family members suffer and die horrifically because of smoking, Farage can fuck right off into the sea.
“WE WANT THE RIGHT TO HAVE CANCER!!!”
Chaotic evil at it’s finest.
90% of people commenting have only read the headline as usual. This isn’t referring to the smoking ban that most of you think it is referring to.
Yeah, let’s do it, Nigel!
Not getting cancer is too woke
It’s perhaps time for a faragexit.
The function of the generational smoking ban was to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to cigerrettes in the first place rather than apply pressure onto people who are already addicted and don’t/can’t stop despite the massive health risks.
Farage is essentially advocating for lung cancer and nicotine addiction in future generations, he wants a cigerette in the hands of your children or grandchildren, and no doubt he’s motivated by money rather than liberty.
Farage calling anything “idiotic” sounds like a ringing endorsement to me.
What a dick head. I’m a smoker and there’s literally no reason to object to this.
God, he is such a stupid odious little toad.
This is pure trumpolitoco – randomly promise stuff to grab headlines, and you can bet he will gaslight us later claiming he never promised any such thing.
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