Varven@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhat isn't illegal but should be?message-squaremessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat isn't illegal but should be?Varven@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSmoking is something I truly despise, we all know that it is bad, really bad for you, we teach kids about it, yet people still start smoking. Do as New Zealand did, set a cut off year, if you are born after 2015, you will not be permitted to buy tobacco at all.
minus-squareBlueÆther@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agothen have a right leaning government win the next election and roll it back https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/510439/smokefree-generation-law-scrapped-by-coalition-government
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGreat. You’ve just made another illegal narcotic, a black market and a way of financing illegal activity.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’d agree with you on that if tobacco was completely banned, but banning from a specific age, seems like a fairly low impact.
Smoking is something I truly despise, we all know that it is bad, really bad for you, we teach kids about it, yet people still start smoking.
Do as New Zealand did, set a cut off year, if you are born after 2015, you will not be permitted to buy tobacco at all.
then have a right leaning government win the next election and roll it back https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/510439/smokefree-generation-law-scrapped-by-coalition-government
Great. You’ve just made another illegal narcotic, a black market and a way of financing illegal activity.
I’d agree with you on that if tobacco was completely banned, but banning from a specific age, seems like a fairly low impact.
…and as time marches on?