return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoBiden administration delays ban on menthol cigarettes until 2024www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down14
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minus-squareBideo_james@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoYou would rather have people smoking black market sigarettes that might be even more toxic than the regular kind?I also hate big tobacco but banning sigarettes will just replace a regulated market with a unregulated one.
minus-squarecogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·7 months agoI’d push for you to have to get a license to buy tobacco products and only issue that license to current users. (Much like a medical MJ license). Just a small amount of hassle to hopefully prevent new smokers. Ecigs make your point. Smoking was almost eliminated with millennials, gen z and younger are addicts because of that evil product.
minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·7 months agoBaby, capitalism has rotted your brain.
You would rather have people smoking black market sigarettes that might be even more toxic than the regular kind?I also hate big tobacco but banning sigarettes will just replace a regulated market with a unregulated one.
I’d push for you to have to get a license to buy tobacco products and only issue that license to current users. (Much like a medical MJ license).
Just a small amount of hassle to hopefully prevent new smokers.
Ecigs make your point. Smoking was almost eliminated with millennials, gen z and younger are addicts because of that evil product.
Baby, capitalism has rotted your brain.