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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] SangersSequence@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Smoking is awful, disgusting, and through the diseases it causes puts a massive burden on the healthcare system... buuuut, educational campaigns to encourage people to stop and limiting it in media/banning advertisements is definitely the way to go over yet another prohibition law.

[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"yet another prohibition"

another American projecting their domestic nonsense onto the rest of the world

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Most drugs are prohibited in most countries, throughout most of history.

You're thinking specifically of American alcohol prohibition in the 1920s. It is you who is projecting americanism.

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