alphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoSunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square373arrow-up1828
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minus-square@000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoHumans have been smoking tobacco for thousands of years. Banning it will only allow the black market to swell to an unimaginable size
minus-square@Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoBy that logic we should continue slavery. Aren’t you worried someone’s going to purchase one of your children on the black market!?
minus-square@000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoMoving the goalposts or something like that?
minus-square@ABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYou can imagine it, it would be less than the amount that is currently being smoked.
minus-square@000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoNot necessarily. People could actually start smoking more because tax free cigarettes are astronomically cheaper
minus-square@ABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAre people smoking less weed now it’s legal in many US states? Where do you think tax free cigarettes are going to come from?
minus-square@000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThey are either domestic bootlegs or imports. If cigarettes were actually fully banned, organized crime groups would begin mass cigarette smuggling and manufacturing operations. Sounds ridiculous, but it’s true
minus-square@ABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoPeople don’t enjoy or need smoking that much, so no. And my first question?
Humans have been smoking tobacco for thousands of years. Banning it will only allow the black market to swell to an unimaginable size
By that logic we should continue slavery. Aren’t you worried someone’s going to purchase one of your children on the black market!?
Moving the goalposts or something like that?
Slaves don’t grow on trees though
You can imagine it, it would be less than the amount that is currently being smoked.
Not necessarily. People could actually start smoking more because tax free cigarettes are astronomically cheaper
Are people smoking less weed now it’s legal in many US states?
Where do you think tax free cigarettes are going to come from?
They are either domestic bootlegs or imports. If cigarettes were actually fully banned, organized crime groups would begin mass cigarette smuggling and manufacturing operations. Sounds ridiculous, but it’s true
People don’t enjoy or need smoking that much, so no.
And my first question?