{"id":11022,"date":"2023-12-24T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2023-12-24T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:51:53","slug":"ministry-of-health-proposes-law-to-increase-the-age-for-drinking-alcohol-and-smoking-cigarette-from-18-to-21-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ministry-of-health-proposes-law-to-increase-the-age-for-drinking-alcohol-and-smoking-cigarette-from-18-to-21-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health Proposes Law to Increase the Age for Drinking Alcohol and Smoking Cigarette from 18 to 21 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ministry of Health has proposed to have the minimum age, people are allowed to drink alcohol in Uganda raised from 18 to 21 years, arguing that at 18 years, one\u2019s brain is still developing and thus, shouldn\u2019t be allowed to make a life altering decision like taking alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They (movers of The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill) have put the age of 18 at which people are supposed to start drinking at 18 years, we are saying this age isn\u2019t okay, it should be 21 years and there is already science around this age and research was actually done by many scientists and they found that if someone hasn\u2019t taken alcohol or any abusive substance by the age of 21, there are so little chances of this person starting to take this substance,” Hafsa Lukwata, Assistant Commissioner, Health Services at Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lukwata made the remarks during a media training of journalists at Parliament, where she said Uganda has already set the precedent under the Tobacco Control Act where the legal age when someone is allowed to smoke cigarettes is 21 years & there is a lot of science, backing the fact that at 21 years, one is still young because their brains are continuing to develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Do you know why sports betting is at 25 years? These things change the functioning of the brain. But I am asking people out there, look at your children, look at what they are capable of doing, look at the kind of decisions they make. Such a person can\u2019t be left to take a decision about their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A child of 21 is a little more developed mentally, they are more organised and they are usually at campus, but an 18 year old these days, is in S.4, you can\u2019t let a S.4 child to take a decision about their life, something that is going to affect their future,” added Lukwata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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