Govt thinks prohibition will work!

Stuff reports:

Young people are now banned from buying cigarettes for life after Parliament passed some of the toughest laws in the world in order to deter people from smoking.

Under the legislation, which passed its third reading Tuesday, people born on or after January 1, 2009 – who will be turning 18 in 2027 – will never be able to buy cigarettes and the legal smoking age will increase every year.

This is prohibition. It is a policy that has failed miserably every time it has been tried. It will lead to more ram raids, more thefts, more black market and more money for gangs.