UK plans to pass law banning anyone born after 2008 to buy cigarettes

They never really cared about the state of young people’s health and now they somehow do. To me it looks like a little less blunt, indirect initiative of forcing young people to have some new shiny digital ID on them, for example just to enter an establishment where they sell these kinds of products that are extremely dangerous for the health of generation, without even buying them (if they already have that one, then sorry I’m not that familiar with the current state of events in the UK). Maybe there is an angle of cutting funding to the healthcare programs connected with the issue. Not to forget the military angle. These brave lads do love them some healthy and young candidates. Data collection, measure of control, cutting costs and throwing a bone to the military. At least this way it makes sense to me. Overall it is not that controversial as some other UK government previously declared initiatives but imo it will sure open other doors for completely different even more helping and caring restrictions.