next thing you know they'll also ban murder for people born after 2008
UK becomes the safest country in the world, peace forever
Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
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Re: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
#22There are two separate issues here: 1. will this work (will the UK stop smoking) 2. is this something the UK government should be doing Setting aside 1 and looking at 2, it seems silly to me to point out that other things (alcohol) that cause problems and are not being restricted. You take the wins where you find them, and the government isn't a magical force that can impose its will on the people arbitrarily. This i…
From the government's perspective, this may (or may not) be silly.
But putting that aside, if a citizen supports banning cigarettes for people born after a certain date, but not alcohol, that certainly seems hypocritical to me.
Re: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
#23Alcohol costs the UK 4-5x more than smoking. Coincidentally, it's the upper classes drug of choice. Must be a coincidence though
As the US found out, alcohol is very very hard to ban because it is very very easy to make.
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#25Drinking has been decided to be totally fine though, no need to ban that - probably because it's unfashionable to smoke, and the kind of people who come up with these laws find it uncouth. It will also be ridiculous in a few years when the UK inevitably decides to legalise marijuana - totally fine to smoke a joint, but don't you dare put any of that tobacco in it!
Nicotine is insanely addictive, so ya.
Alcohol is very difficult to ban as you can take almost any kind of sugar feedstock and turn it into alcohol.
Re: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
#26This is insanely dumb. Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. So if people want to do it anyway who cares. I understand the cafe and indoor space bans but not allowing anyone to do it seems stupid. I don’t smoke but UK has really gone off the deep end recently with social controls, what is the point?
I, a non-smoker, would like to not walk through clouds of smoke.
That's what I say when I breathe car exhaust. Why cannot all combustion engines be removed from society for my health preference?
Re: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
#27They ban buying cigarettes, not nicotine in general, correct?
In that case, I would compare it to making catalytic converters mandatory in new cars in the 1970s.
You still can pickup nicotine consumption, but with xx % less carcinogens :)
Re: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
#28There are two separate issues here: 1. will this work (will the UK stop smoking) 2. is this something the UK government should be doing Setting aside 1 and looking at 2, it seems silly to me to point out that other things (alcohol) that cause problems and are not being restricted. You take the wins where you find them, and the government isn't a magical force that can impose its will on the people arbitrarily. This i…
From the government's perspective, this may (or may not) be silly. But putting that aside, if a citizen supports banning cigarettes for people born after a certain date, but not alcohol, that certainly seems hypocritical to me.
We know the dangers of second hand smoke. Someone drinking near you does not impact your health.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I, a non-smoker, would like to not walk through clouds of smoke.
That's what I say when I breathe car exhaust. Why cannot all combustion engines be removed from society for my health preference?
That's one of the reasons they are banned from selling new ones starting in 2035.
Re: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
#30Are they going to continue selling cigarettes and vapes for people born before that date. I've always found the career as a prohibition smuggler a somewhat romantic notion so at some point I may be able to take it up.
Ah yes, smuggling lung cancer. How romantic.