Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

  • Vornikov
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    1 year ago

    The populists won’t allow more foriegn ownership of real estate.

    I don’t see a single problem here. Fuck, I wish Australia would get behind this.

    Also good, fuck prohibition laws. Leave them in the fucking past where they belong. If I want to slowly kill myself by inhaling burning plant matter, then that’s my decision. The taxes I pay more than cover my eventual cost to the state’s healthcare system. The government does not get to dictate what I do with my own body.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Actually, a LOT of studies do show that no, in most countries, taxes are far from enough to cover the cost of tobacco induced diseases.

      • @SkippingRelax
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        11 year ago

        They are from Australia. The taxes on one single packet of cigarettes could fund the construction of a new hospital.

        • @kaffiene
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          41 year ago

          NZ taxes are higher and it doesn’t cover the costs here, either

    • @kaffiene
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      31 year ago

      It doesn’t thou. The cost of smoking to the state is fucking massive