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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.
It's not about freedom of choice, it is about the duty of a government to protect the people to dangerous goods. It is the duty of the government to ban the use of asbestos, or benzene in gasoline, or thinner in paint, and whatever more, when people get sick of these. In the same reasoning any government should ban tobacco.
Alcohol is different, as there is a way to safely use alcohol, and all governments have various measures in place to control or lower abuse.
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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.
It's not about freedom of choice, it is about the duty of a government to protect the people to dangerous goods. It is the duty of the government to ban the use of asbestos, or benzene in gasoline, or thinner in paint, and whatever more, when people get sick of these. In the same reasoning any government should ban tobacco.
Alcohol is different, as there is a way to safely use alcohol, and all governments have various measures in place to control or lower abuse.
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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.
It's not about freedom of choice, it is about the duty of a government to protect the people to dangerous goods. It is the duty of the government to ban the use of asbestos, or benzene in gasoline, or thinner in paint, and whatever more, when people get sick of these. In the same reasoning any government should ban tobacco.
Alcohol is different, as there is a way to safely use alcohol, and all governments have various measures in place to control or lower abuse.
Mathijs
Safe way to use alcohol? Please explain. Would you rather meet another driver on the road who has just had 10 beers or 10 cigarettes? Drunk driving is illegal you might reply. Yes, but the alcohol itself isn’t banned. As much as you know about guitars, and I appreciate that, you are way off on this, respectfully.
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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.
It's not about freedom of choice, it is about the duty of a government to protect the people to dangerous goods. It is the duty of the government to ban the use of asbestos, or benzene in gasoline, or thinner in paint, and whatever more, when people get sick of these. In the same reasoning any government should ban tobacco.
Alcohol is different, as there is a way to safely use alcohol, and all governments have various measures in place to control or lower abuse.
Mathijs
Safe way to use alcohol? Please explain. Would you rather meet another driver on the road who has just had 10 beers or 10 cigarettes? Drunk driving is illegal you might reply. Yes, but the alcohol itself isn’t banned. As much as you know about guitars, and I appreciate that, you are way off on this, respectfully.
It's perfectly safe to drink a glass of wine with your meal. It's perfectly ok to drink 4 beers once in a while and take a taxi home.
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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.
It's not about freedom of choice, it is about the duty of a government to protect the people to dangerous goods. It is the duty of the government to ban the use of asbestos, or benzene in gasoline, or thinner in paint, and whatever more, when people get sick of these. In the same reasoning any government should ban tobacco.
Alcohol is different, as there is a way to safely use alcohol, and all governments have various measures in place to control or lower abuse.
Mathijs
Safe way to use alcohol? Please explain. Would you rather meet another driver on the road who has just had 10 beers or 10 cigarettes? Drunk driving is illegal you might reply. Yes, but the alcohol itself isn’t banned. As much as you know about guitars, and I appreciate that, you are way off on this, respectfully.
It's perfectly safe to drink a glass of wine with your meal. It's perfectly ok to drink 4 beers once in a while and take a taxi home.
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MononoM
crossing the street is also dangerous. lets forbid that too
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crossing the street is also dangerous. lets forbid that too
No...No...and No...this is not about forbidding...its about educating....inform yourself...if you cross the street and don't look you might get killed....so look both ways...same with eating crap...like sugar, salt, or drinking....and especially smoking....1/2 cigarettes now and then might not kill you, but a pack a day for 10/15 years will affect you and the consequences friend are not pleasant.
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crholmstrom
It's kind of a mommy state down there. The US wouldn't do it as there is big money in tobacco. Not saying the ban is right or wrong.
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spikenyc
I smoked cigarettes for almost 40 yrs, so glad I quit recently.
Said to myself if Keef can quit so could I.
I read Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Quit" during the pandemic.
Been cigarette free for almost 3 yrs now.
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I smoked cigarettes for almost 40 yrs, so glad I quit recently.
Said to myself if Keef can quit so could I.
I read Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Quit" during the pandemic.
Been cigarette free for almost 3 yrs now.
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I smoked cigarettes for almost 40 yrs, so glad I quit recently.
Said to myself if Keef can quit so could I.
I read Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Quit" during the pandemic.
Been cigarette free for almost 3 yrs now.
Nice, congratulations. Have you noticed a change in your lifestyle, or health generally? Do you 'feel' better?
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I smoked cigarettes for almost 40 yrs, so glad I quit recently.
Said to myself if Keef can quit so could I.
I read Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Quit" during the pandemic.
Been cigarette free for almost 3 yrs now.
Congratulations to you. I cheated. I merely switched from cigarettes to ‘vaping’ in December 2014. I’m still hopelessly addicted to nicotine. What’s bizarre, is that 350,000 of those who took up vaping last year in the U.K., were not previously smokers of cigarettes. The ‘supposed’ ‘saviour’ that is e-cigarettes is getting thousands hooked, whilst many medics hail it as something that’s ridding people of their smoking habit.
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Stoneage
It's a no-brainer to me. Toxic goods that damages peoples health and causes death shouldn't be allowed to sell to the public. We don't allow toxic substances in food or other things that affects human health so why should we allow companies to sell things to the public that damages their health in the short and long run? I don't buy this egoistic neoliberalism that so many fancies. I see no good in it at all. Except for the tobacco companies maybe, making money on peoples bad health (and in many cases death)...
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spikenyc
I smoked cigarettes for almost 40 yrs, so glad I quit recently.
Said to myself if Keef can quit so could I.
I read Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Quit" during the pandemic.
Been cigarette free for almost 3 yrs now.