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UK Prime Minister to create ‘smokefree generation’ by ending cigarette sales to those born on or after 1 January 2009 (www.gov.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/anticonsumption@slrpnk.net

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I think it was the prime minister (or spokesperson) who made this very clever argument: (paraphrasing) “we are not taking away choice… cigarettes are designed to inherently take away your choice by trapping you in an addiction.”

I’m not picking sides here, just pointing out a great piece of rhetoric to spin the policy as taking away something that takes away your choice. Effectively putting forward the idea that you don’t have choice to begin with.

(sorry to say this rhetoric was not mentioned in the linked article; I just heard it on BBC World Service)

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't New Zealand try this and eventually walk it back?

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

A different government came in and cancelled it to fund tax cuts