News2 mins ago
Allowing 16 Year Old To Smoke
29 Answers
Is allowing, or offering a 16 year old smokes, a form of grooming if the person doing it is above the age of 21?
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by spathiphyllum. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Depends who it is! If it is a parent saying "OK smoke if you want, it's a *** idea" that is not grooming. (Mr BM did that with his daughter and she is very anti smoking now but because it was allowed there was no mystery. Indeed at 19, she doesnt smoke, she barely drinks, she thinks drugs are a dreadful idea and she discusses her relationships with her dad).
TBH, I met Mr BM when I was 16 and he was 25. I was quite an old 16 tho and knew precisely what I was doing. We're married now. Not all those over 21 are grooming those who are much younger. I generally socialised with people much older than me at 16. But then to be fair, at 16 I was also managing an outside catering event service and I was nobody's fool. Age is not the be all and end all.
TBH, I met Mr BM when I was 16 and he was 25. I was quite an old 16 tho and knew precisely what I was doing. We're married now. Not all those over 21 are grooming those who are much younger. I generally socialised with people much older than me at 16. But then to be fair, at 16 I was also managing an outside catering event service and I was nobody's fool. Age is not the be all and end all.
Some dumb neighbour used to allow kids to congregate down the back lane access to garages and his workshop. If it was raining he opened his garage door to let them smoke inside and handed out cigarettes to them. I was invited to attend a street seminar with regard to security gates at the access end of the lane. Apparently all the garages and workshops had been screwed by our puffing billys.
When asked for advice re crime prevention and legalities with regard to a padlocked gate at their expense I told them that it would help if a certain idiot neighbour would desist from encouraging these artful dodgers to case their property whilst handing out smokes to them. :-)
When asked for advice re crime prevention and legalities with regard to a padlocked gate at their expense I told them that it would help if a certain idiot neighbour would desist from encouraging these artful dodgers to case their property whilst handing out smokes to them. :-)
A 16 year old needs parental consent to get married, join the armed forces and is not entitled to benefits or to vote, nailit. In England a 16 year old can leave school only in certain circumstances. Most 16 year olds I know are most definitely children, even those that choose to smoke and have sex. There is uusually a huge difference in maturity between a 16 year old and an over 21 year old.
I don't smoke, but I have before. It's an addiction and nothing to do with "education". Everyone knows it isn't good for them, so telling them the same thing over and over isn't helpful.
Allowing a 16 year old to smoke or offering, isn't grooming. They are able to and they are able to make their own choices. I think you can't buy them until you are 18, but it still 16 to smoke? Or not?
Allowing a 16 year old to smoke or offering, isn't grooming. They are able to and they are able to make their own choices. I think you can't buy them until you are 18, but it still 16 to smoke? Or not?
Thanks JD, too x I would never recommend it to anyone of any age, but if people smoke, they smoke. Addictive behaviour is mostly genetic and isn't linked to intelligence, education, strength or character, willpower or any other cliche. Doctors know that, but aren't genuinely interested in helping people stop. Maybe they do bring in more tax than they cost.
