I'm all for taking strict measures to decrease smoking rates. Australia has some pretty strict laws with regards to smoking in public and taxes mean that a pack of cigarettes runs something like 15 dollars.
I don't however agree with this. You can be tried and committed as an adult, you can fight /die for your country in war, you can vote but you aren't allowed to smoke and drink until 21? Either you are an adult and are supposed to be responsible for your own actions or you're not.
Again, I'm fine with taking any number of measures to strongly discourage/restrict this behaviour, particularly when and where it can affect other people but randomly increasing the smoking age is not a solution. Furthermore you are opening the door for the government to remove additional rights or place additional arbitrary restrictions on any behaviour they want to discourage.
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