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  "path": "/t/uk-plans-to-pass-law-banning-anyone-born-after-2008-to-buy-or-smoke-cigarettes/37301#post_8",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T18:21:20.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Yeah this is just blatant government overreach imo\n\nThe law gives your government the power to prohibit commonplace products from the market by age range on ‘health and safety’ grounds\n\nThis same premise, tied together with the implementation of age & ID laws, gives your government the power to ban a broader range of products from the market by age. You may not think the next one is so palatable",
  "title": "UK plans to pass law banning anyone born after 2008 to buy or smoke cigarettes"
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