The Editor,
I'm sure the majority of people who live in Richmond are aware that the legal smoking age is 19 years old, but is it really being enforced?
Is there really a point to such law anymore? Whenever I'm somewhere outdoors, I see kids, who are clearly underage, smoking at public areas such as outside the mall.
But what really drew my attention to this topic was an announcement the principal made on my first day of summer school at Burnett.
It started off with the usual "Welcome to school" speech, but
he then continued on to mention the subject of smoking.
He said students may smoke during the break, but only at the smoke area outside school boundaries.
Now obviously this shocked me quite a bit. How could the principal allow students, clearly under the age of 19, to smoke?
Now every time I'm walking along the streets, I can't help but notice the numerous amounts of underage smokers. We should either ensure that the law is being enforced, or just completely omit it.
Malinda Yang Richmond
