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

  • @ikidd
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    56 months ago

    It was a cowardly way to enact a law.

    • @MetaCubed
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      46 months ago

      What exactly do you mean by this?

      • @ikidd
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        106 months ago

        Ban smoking if you’re going to ban it. If it’s unhealthy and stupid (it is) then don’t just do it for the non-voters. Take a stand.

        • @[email protected]
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          56 months ago

          You fail to see how the ban worked.

          Apparently, it’s hard to quit smoking. So we stop people smoking at a young age and keep that barrier up.

          This should be trivial to understand. Who made it difficult for you?

          • @[email protected]
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            16 months ago

            The part you seem to be misunderstanding is that by stopping people at “a young age” you would be targeting non-voters. You are taking rights away from a future generation while protecting the current voting adults to have that same right. Even if that right is to slowly kill yourself while costing the tax payer, you are still being a coward and honestly a bit authoritarian by literally using a part of the population that has no voice instead of a full ban.

          • @ikidd
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            -46 months ago

            Oh, fuck off with your attitude. You don’t understand people as well as you seem to think.