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Ah, now you can finally smoke safely! (infosec.pub)
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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Where do you live?

All black countries on this map have banned all use of asbestos.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Countries_that_have_banned_asbestos.svg/1600px-Countries_that_have_banned_asbestos.svg.png

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And how many banned cigarettes?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

AfaIk, only NZ. If that was the point you've wanted to make, it wasn't clear for me.

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

My point is that cigarettes are stupidly legal, so having asbestos allowed to be put in them despite the knowledge of its health effects doesn't seem much more absurd.

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