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If I could just push a button and make all non medical use tobacco become impossible to grow, I would push that button a million times just to be sure. I hope everyone working for Philip Morris gets lung cancer.
That should just be an accepted cost to enter the industry.
Double standards everywhere, Alcohol should get kicked too.
Thank you for having some common sense. If we know anything about history, prohibitions on substances just lead to worse outcomes with black market activity and criminal enterprises.
Tobacco is a weird one, because most people I know that smoke, don't really enjoy it, they are just literally addicted. Still, I don't think banning nicotine would be a great move.
I think the taxes are pretty effective. I smoked for a few years in my younger days, and I quit when the prices started to go way up, thanks to taxes.
I don't smoke but I love nicotine. Hope they don't go too wild trying to regulate smokeless alternatives out of existence. Nicotine is a fun drug.
I agree with this. I used nicotine lozenges to wean myself off cigarettes and this was successful.
However, I did notice as a side effect that they helped me concentrate on complex tasks.
So, although I don't use them daily, I leave a pack lying around just to suck on in the same way I might use a cup of coffee to sharpen up in the morning.
I genuinely believe this does me no harm. I think the debates started to get heated when inhalation is involved.
My bourbon French toast says otherwise.
Hence, double standard lol
true, but most if not all tobacco users get addicted and smoke every day, killing our young people.
alcohol, while dangerous is not as habit forming, but I see where you're coming from
It's entirely possible to enjoy alcohol responsibly and the vast majority of people do. Shall we can cars because some people can't stop getting in them while inebriated and crashing them?
99.999% of smokers are doing substantial damage to themselves and others.