UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes
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Re: UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes
#2Censorship and restrictions for regular people.
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#3I totally agree that tobacco is a harmful substance. I'm not sure if I agree that a government should try to legislate citizens' habits.
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#4I cannot fathom the twists of logic necessary to justify such a specific and arbitrary prohibition
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#5I totally agree that tobacco is a harmful substance. I'm not sure if I agree that a government should try to legislate citizens' habits.
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#6I cannot fathom the twists of logic necessary to justify such a specific and arbitrary prohibition
I think its an attempt to cut back on health system costs, disguised as well meaning measure.
Up next alcohol bans. One might not even numb oneself while beeing a slave to the "allways right" generation vampire.
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#7It's an interesting experiment and we have all the time we need to see the results.
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#8I cannot fathom the twists of logic necessary to justify such a specific and arbitrary prohibition
I think its an attempt to cut back on health system costs, disguised as well meaning measure. Up next alcohol bans. One might not even numb oneself while beeing a slave to the "allways right" generation vampire.
Yes, the government has concocted a dastardly conspiracy to cut health system costs by reducing access to a known cause of illness.
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#9I mean drugs are also banned, and how does that work out?
Re: UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes
#10Somewhat related HN discussions from a while back when New Zealand sought to do the same [1] [2]. Worth noting that it was later scrapped [3].
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33970717
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33967454
[3]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/new-zealand-sm...