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I liked that proposal to raise the minimum age every year that was proposed in the UK. Let people quit or smoke until they die but don’t let people start smoking

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FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think people should be able to dope their systems with whatever they want.

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- HaunchesTV@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Exactly. Banning tobacco outright isn’t going to stop smoking, it’ll just create a black market. And we know how effective that has been for ‘real’ drugs. Smoking has been naturally declining in popularity anyway, so it really just feels like Tory posturing. I thought these neoliberal types were supposed to be against government curbing civil liberties… Could have fooled me.
  
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520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think that becameban actual law in Australia.

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- Sarsaparilla@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  In Australia we just put the price up exponentially each year so that eventually noone will be able to afford them except the very richest in the country. I stopped smoking on 1/1/2020 when it was already over $1 per cigarette. It's considerably more expensive now ... I think about $30 for a pack of 20s. That's why my friend never has any dosh and is always borrowing money from ppl.
  
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- MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You’re thinking of New Zealand.
  
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  - 520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ahhh you're right! Thank you!
    
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