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In addition to the ban on smoking in public places which is due to come into force in 2007, the signatories of this petition would like to see the legal age to purchase tobacco products in the UK raised to 18. This should deter younger people from taking up the habit at a time of life when they are most vulnerable.

A recent article on the BBC website stated: 'raising the legal age would make it easier for retailers to spot under-age smokers and lead to a fall in the number of teenagers who get addicted.' The article went on to state that: 'someone who starts smoking at the age of 15 is three times more likely to die of cancer due to smoking than someone who starts in their late 20s.

Current signatories

Mr Alex Marshall, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Alexis Manning
• Antony Capewell
• David Kerry
• Dave Milne
• Stephen Lornie
• Catherine Humes
• christopher hughes
• Nick Denny
• Allan Stuart Wallace
• William Hamill
• Simon Dalling
• Howard Ranyard
• Adrian Miller
• Naomi Phillips
• Dale Strickland-Clark
• Ross Parker
• Paul Lush
• Ben Appleby
• Steve Macbeth
• Roy Squires
• Michael Mckenzie
• Helen Sello
• Neil Richardson
• Phil Bitis
• Ivar Bundulis
• Toby Howcroft
• William_Clinch
• Andrew Cramer
• Kieron Wilkinson
• Alex Bailey
• Daniel Harris
• Dustin Bunyan
• Ann Weir
• Robert Whittaker
• Peter Barber
• Gareth Jones
• Ross Ryles
• Darren Robinson
• andy soulsbury
• K Crombie
• Margaret King
• Kate Torode
• Andrew Lewis
• Joseph Redhead
• hope
• Laura Hurrell
• Angelina Skye
• Jim Hayden
• David Riley
• David Renfrew
• Nicholas Pringle
• Kara Day
• S Delahunt
• Lucy Rider
• Gary Plumley
• semantha elis
• Vexen Crabtree
• Jennifer Maghzal
• alex
• Alison Neri
• Christopher James
• Yvonne De Martino
• Kayleigh Stanley
• Beryl Scott
• John McArthur