Prohibition never worked in history, not with alcohol, not cannabis, and definitely not with tobacco. Where I live few people still smoke, but that was achieved with education about the risks of tobacco, and a general cultural shift, not by banning tobacco.

[–] skillissuer@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

the same law is in i think entire EU. the point is to make smoking less attractive to people, making tobacco use lower and so lower burden of pulmonary diseases. it seems to be working

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

The point is not to ban smoking, but to make it less appealing. This has worked extremely well in Finland, combined with education about the risks.

[–] Relo@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You are kinda right but at the same time, everyone I knew who used to smoke menthols stopped doing so.

I heard that Ukraine is trying to make weed legal so they must share your opinion about prohibition in some way.

It's just that nicotine is such an addictive drug with so little use for health. Also vapes and menthols are often marketed towards kids so there is that...

[–] imrichyouknow@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Good move, cigarettes should've been made illegal IMO, it ruins lives without health benefits unlike some other substances, I'd take an entire generation without ever exposed to smoking than keeping the junkies happy.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm going to go ahead and say this isn't the best use of their time right now.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

An entire nation can do two different things at the same time. And keeping people (somewhat) healthy is even more important now than ever. You need people to be fit for service and want to keep hospital beds for people with more pressing issues than popcorn lung or whatever.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

A nation can, but each civil servant can't. Hospital resources are valuable, but I'm skeptical this will make enough of an impact on them to justify the effort.

It's their country, though, so that's just "my 2 cents".

[–] JohnSwanFromTheLough@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are cigarettes/tobacco still legal, if yes this is a crazy law.

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