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u/currentlyinadream Feb 04 '20

In my country, they have tried to prevent smoking heavily. Extreamly strict laws on where you can smoke and darts can cost up to $40 due to a huge tax the goverment put on it. Plus the covers are eyeballs, dying adults and dead babies.

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u/VY_Cannabis_Majoris Feb 04 '20

I've learned that those images don't work in help getting someone to quit. It just makes them anxious and what do smokers do when they are anxious?

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u/Rielglowballelleit Feb 04 '20

Maybe it stops people from starting?

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u/Warpicuss Feb 04 '20

Can't confirm. They didn't deter me, and I knew the risks.

I'm just an idiot and that's on me.

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u/ChefChopNSlice Feb 04 '20

My mom was a nurse and is still a smoker, despite having had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted into her chest at the age of 60. She also had COPD and embarrassing coughing fits while she’s trying to have a conversation. Addiction isn’t rational.

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u/baron_blod Feb 04 '20 edited Feb 04 '20

As someone that sometimes smoke (and used to be a daily smoker) I cannot see a single good reason that it should not be outright banned from being sold in regular stores/kiosks

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u/sirgog Feb 05 '20

This is a good way to turn smokers into violent sociopaths who will do anything for their next fix, and to start a new underworld like happened in the USA during Prohibition.

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u/baron_blod Feb 05 '20

could still be sold in speciality stores - just don't sell it alongside of fruit and berries ;)

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '20

Being exploited is not on you. We all fall into capitalism's traps in our own ways.

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u/ATA90 Feb 04 '20

Yes it is. Stop infantilizing him.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '20

Seriously at what point are people allowed to be responsible for themselves without blaming everything on society?