alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square441fedilinkarrow-up1866arrow-down131
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minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down7·1 year agoRead the article for fucks sake. They’re not making the drug illegal, just cigarettes. People who want nicotine still have other options. It’s like how no one goes out of their way to make/sell pure ethanol, because you can still buy beer or vodka.
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s still prohibition… it’s flat out dumb. A kid isn’t smoking a $10 cigar…
Read the article for fucks sake.
They’re not making the drug illegal, just cigarettes. People who want nicotine still have other options.
It’s like how no one goes out of their way to make/sell pure ethanol, because you can still buy beer or vodka.
That’s still prohibition… it’s flat out dumb. A kid isn’t smoking a $10 cigar…