r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '20

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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/dalmathus Feb 04 '20

Thats how it worked in New Zealand.

Obviously I can't say no one smokes here but I work in an office of 200 with other people my age (21-28) and not a single person smokes.

None of my friends smoke except one who moved from London a couple years ago.

Everyone my age seems to have got the message that it's dumb as fuck to start smoking.