The Scottish Liberal Democrats’ conference backed a motion opposing the introduction of an escalating age limit.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have voted to oppose moves to gradually increase the age at which people can buy tobacco, describing UK Government plans as “patently ridiculous” and a “slippery slope to state intervention”.
He added: “You could end up in a few decades time with a 75 year-old and 74 year-old couple, the wife’s allowed to go and buy fags but the husband isn’t. You shouldn’t have two tiers of rights.”His comments came after a debate in which Liberal Democrat Adam Harley, who stood as a candidate in the 2024 general election, said the plans would eventually lead to the “ludicrous situation where a 61-year-old would be refused tobacco, while a 62-year-old could smoke quite freely”.
Drummond Begg, a GP and party member from the Liberal Democrats’ Midlothian and Scottish Borders branch, said the right to choose “even if it’s a bad choice, is at the heart of a liberal society”. Thirteen-year-old Noah McGarry, however, said the Government was right to seek to legislate. He said: “In the 13 years I have been on this planet I have learned that rules are rubbish. I sometimes have to go to bed when I’m told, sometimes I don’t get my dessert unless I have finished my dinner, forget about having a chocolate bar before dinner, that’s an absolute no.”
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