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skytrench
In a way I'm happy for the kids and the passive smokers, but also worried about the erosion of personal choice and the shadowy life that comes from prohibitions. Are we to be kept on rails through a hard working life ?
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Rockman
How whacko is it when you go past
a hospital and see patients on drips
standing out front on the footpath smoking ....... CRAZY
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NashvilleBlues
Why stop there? Why not phase out alcohol which increases car crashes and violence, while smoking does not?
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bv
The tobacco industry is still very strong. They work hard making sure as many new customers are getting into their income stream. They do all sorts of nicotine products, pay for tobacco promotion, making "snus", vaping items, e-cigarettes, and they would love our children and grandchildren getting new vaping habits, so that they can make more money during the next hundred years.
The tobacco industry work hard to get people to say "we do not need any more rules vs smoking". Very hard. And every day they get someone to echo their propaganda, same time many many die from nicotine use.
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bv
The tobacco industry is still very strong. They work hard making sure as many new customers are getting into their income stream. They do all sorts of nicotine products, pay for tobacco promotion, making "snus", vaping items, e-cigarettes, and they would love our children and grandchildren getting new vaping habits, so that they can make more money during the next hundred years.
The tobacco industry work hard to get people to say "we do not need any more rules vs smoking". Very hard. And every day they get someone to echo their propaganda, same time many many die from nicotine use.
Nicotine is merely the addictive agent, no? As addictive as it may be, it's no different than caffeine. It's not the nicotine that kills an individual. At least, not directly.
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working in the health care industry....you see 2 things over and over and over again....Diabetics that are self induced because they can't regulate their sugar intake...and this are vulnerable to a million other co morbidities......its a terrible thing.....and people who suffer from smoking....lost limbs, no vocal chords...need for oxygen because they can't breath....2 very avoidable choices that make sense to curb or ban. Totally avoidable through education.
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rebelhipi
It didnt work for alcohol. Didnt work for drugs.
I dont see how this will work either.
More criminals. Less tax money.
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skytrench
In a way I'm happy for the kids and the passive smokers, but also worried about the erosion of personal choice and the shadowy life that comes from prohibitions. Are we to be kept on rails through a hard working life ?
I think the Government is trying to be clever by attempting to phase out the habit over a length of time. I suppose they’re hoping younger generations will be put-off starting.
Look, smoking is a killer and nobody should do it, but like you, it’s freedom of choice. Prohibition doesn’t work, obviously.