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New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Xerobull, Dec 9, 2021.

  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    In other words, with finite resources. You have to decide to save one person or two.
     
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    There are sin taxes on alcohol and guns, granted not to the level the are on cigarettes.

    Vaping has replaced cigarettes in our society. Why would someone smoke cigarettes when they can get a much better tasting product?
     
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    Soylent Green is the answer.
     
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    No, tyranny starts with bad intentions.

    Banning smoking isn't likely to work. It's not tyranny, it's just bad policy. It didn't work for alcohol, it didn't work for marijuna.

    Neither of those resulted in tyranny. So you can keep your histrionic platitudes to yourself buddy.
     
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    Well, New Zealand was colonized by the British aka the OG White People

    A law banning cigarettes, probably created by the descendants of the OGs is not going to go well with the natives.
     
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    I got one lit right now.
     
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    It was the OG White People that got the natives hooked on cigs
     
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    I finally quit for good 8 years ago. Cigarettes should be banned all over the world. Yes you will have cry babies for a few years but then that will die out. Ban cigarettes.
     
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    that would be like outlawing alcohol during Prohibition
     
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    For awhile. I remember some folks in college who rolled their own cigs. Didn't last long. They said it was dirty and scratchy as hell.

    You'd probably eliminate 90% of cig related death and misery of future generations, but I guess this all changes now that we have synthetic nicotine and cheap vaporizers.
     
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    who cares
     

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