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Oopsie Daisy

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27. There would still be FEWER smokers and FEWER deaths.

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 08:49 AM

Mar 2024

Those who are most tempted because it's forbidden would be hardcore smokers anyway. Simply because the forbidden/banned cigarettes would become "totally attractive" to a certain element/personalty-type is not really a convincing reason to continue to make it easily accessible and affordable for everyone. Banning cigarettes would not make things "worse" even if it's not 100% effective.

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Bill to ban smoking for anyone born after 2009 introduced by government [View all] Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 OP

Death sticks DoBW Mar 2024 #1

We can ban asbestos, which kills a mere 40k people per year * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #15

This will be effective as the 1919 US Prohibition of Alcohol. Jacson6 Mar 2024 #2

Yep, it'll be like prohibition, which failed, and the war on drugs, which failed. CurtEastPoint Mar 2024 #3

Yeah, like that's ever going to work Warpy Mar 2024 #4

People aren't going to grow it and cure it. Mosby Mar 2024 #5

That's going to happen, also Warpy Mar 2024 #13

More more more DoBW Mar 2024 #7

So, born before that date, can still smoke? Attilatheblond Mar 2024 #6

It was the consistently increasing taxes on smokes that got me to finally quit after 35 years. Torchlight Mar 2024 #8

I just quit smoking r�is�n_dubh Mar 2024 #21

Good for you! It's a tough habit to break. Luz Mar 2024 #23

I quit in '09, same year pinpointed in story DoBW Mar 2024 #29

Sorry, I hate cigs too but this is outrageous. flying_wahini Mar 2024 #9

They are already trying it in the USA KarenS Mar 2024 #10

Cool. Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #16

Court upholds town bylaw banning anyone born in 21st century from buying tobacco products MichMan Mar 2024 #11

Apt theme song: ret5hd Mar 2024 #12

Stupid. Aristus Mar 2024 #14

If you want more of something, subsdize it Warpy Mar 2024 #17

Yes... I think taxing it is a good start. $2 per cigarette * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #18

That will create a black market. Do you want more gang running another black market? Warpy Mar 2024 #19

Yes. That's exactly what I want. You figured me out! Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #22

Both my parents died from it Warpy Mar 2024 #31

The effects of smoking (even when they fire-up outside) has negative consequences on * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #34

That's the logic of the war on drugs Warpy Mar 2024 #36

Oh lord. Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #37

It's unconscionable interference with the lives of individuals Warpy Mar 2024 #38

LOL! Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #39

Every single day, I see lower income people digging cigarette butts out of outdoor ashcans so they can roll whatever Midwestern Democrat Mar 2024 #33

Sorry, that's not helping them out. Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #35

As much as I hate cigarettes, it's hard to imagine it being effective. ShazzieB Mar 2024 #20

Anyone who's ever seen a Jonesing smoker Warpy Mar 2024 #32

How about pipe tobacco? Cigars? Ridiculous. nt LexVegas Mar 2024 #24

It's already failed in New Zealand. hunter Mar 2024 #25

Bill title: "How to make smoking totally attractive to kids." Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #26

There would still be FEWER smokers and FEWER deaths. Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #27

Sure! We proved that with Prohibition! Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #30

My wife and I still enjoy a cigar out in our garden on a nice day Layzeebeaver Mar 2024 #28

This is ridiculous LeftishBrit Mar 2024 #40

I'm sure that they've taken that into consideration. Access by way of peers is not new * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #41

Alcohol isn't a lifetime ban. Once over 21 or 18 you can buy it. JanMichael Mar 2024 #42

Cigarettes are responsible for 480,000 deaths per year in the US alone. Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #43

1 in 5 deaths worldwide are caused by poor diets JanMichael Mar 2024 #44