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Govt To Raise The Age Limit For Purchasing Cigarettes.
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Heard on the news today that anyone buying cigarettes in future will have to prove they are 21. Those smokers should be grateful they don't live in the USA, where the age limit to buy cigarettes and alcohol in the major supermarkets is 40 yrs old. Places like Walmart, Target, Publix etc already have this limit and they strictly enforce it. However, it seems futile to me when you can go accross the road to a convenience store and by cigs and alcohol without any need for ID. One time I was in Walmart in Kissimmee when a guy in front of me buying 200 Marlboro, was asked for Id by a pretty young thing. He went ballistic! "Do you know how old I am?! I'm 69 years old and fought in Vietnam! Stick em up your ass!" as you can see, he wasn't impressed!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.When I was 16-17 I had a Saturday job. One day the boss sent me to get a packet of ciggies from a shop down the street. They asked for ID, which I didn’t have with me and refused to believe I was old enough to buy them. I went back empty handed. The following week I was “let go” for looking too young for the job!
Nowadays of course that wouldn’t be allowed and I would fight it, but it was many years ago.
Nowadays of course that wouldn’t be allowed and I would fight it, but it was many years ago.
Walmart, Target and Publix had that policy of not selling alcohol and tobacco to anyone under 40, the last time I was there. I know because members of our party were refused when their ID showed they were under that age.
Some supermarkets in this country won't sell either product to anyone under 25, regardless of the legal age limit. The same happens in the large supermarkets in the USA for anyone under 40. Don't tell me it doesn't happen. It does. I've witnessed it. Regardless of what the Google Oracle says.
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Thanks for the replies folks! Hey ho!
Some supermarkets in this country won't sell either product to anyone under 25, regardless of the legal age limit. The same happens in the large supermarkets in the USA for anyone under 40. Don't tell me it doesn't happen. It does. I've witnessed it. Regardless of what the Google Oracle says.
OK, so it's a consultation. Oops!
Thanks for the replies folks! Hey ho!
People talking about young people buying cigarettes reminds me of when I was 11 years old. Our class teacher, an Irishman called Mr. McBreen, used to send me for his daily packet of Sweet Afton from Mrs. Mannings' shop on Suddel St (now called Nobby Stiles Drive). The shop was owned by Bernard Mannings' dad but it was always his wife doing the serving. Having brought the cigs back to him, he would then light one up in class. Happy days.
>>> Some supermarkets in this country won't sell either product to anyone under 25, regardless of the legal age limit.
Perhaps you'd care to name one then, 10CS?
All of the major supermarkets operate a "Challenge 25" policy but that's simply a rule for their staff, telling them that they must check on the age of anyone who appears to be under 25. The actual check that they must then use though is to ascertain as to whether or not the customer is aged 18 or older.
Perhaps you'd care to name one then, 10CS?
All of the major supermarkets operate a "Challenge 25" policy but that's simply a rule for their staff, telling them that they must check on the age of anyone who appears to be under 25. The actual check that they must then use though is to ascertain as to whether or not the customer is aged 18 or older.
i was in a waterfront bar in Miami when 3Dutch lads walked in. they went to the bar and asked the server for 3 beers. she asked them if they were 21. after much umming and ahhhing, one of them produced a passport, saying "I'm 21". satisfied, she asked the passport holder what he'd like, and he again asked for 3 beers.
"no", she said, " i can sell you one beer".......
"no", she said, " i can sell you one beer".......
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