zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoSmoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunakwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square279fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down132
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minus-squarejasondj@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy adjust the law annually? Why not just write it as “no person born after Jan 1, 2005”?
minus-squarepurahna@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThis is the better way to write the law of course, but the ham-fisted way it’s proposed by Rishi would look more like what I wrote, because he said specifically that the age should rise one year every year.
Why adjust the law annually? Why not just write it as “no person born after Jan 1, 2005”?
This is the better way to write the law of course, but the ham-fisted way it’s proposed by Rishi would look more like what I wrote, because he said specifically that the age should rise one year every year.