Raising the legal smoking age

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6172750.stm

I had the genius idea (I can't remember who I was with...) a while ago that to stop people smoking we should raise the legal age for buying cigarettes gradually. Whether this be by a year every year (so that one person will be the youngest person allowed to buy cigarettes ever), or at a different rate, I hadn't decided. But there would be a point where the youngest person would be, say, 34 and have to show ID at the counter. By then, you're not likely to start. And not likely to buy cigarettes for the kids hanging around outside. And kids woulnd't want to start, cause their siblings/peers wouldn't be smoking. And it would just be too much hassle.

So there, problem solved.