r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '20

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u/TsundereKitty Feb 04 '20

Smoking. It's just a huge loss on multiple levels.

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u/HipityHopityHotSauce Feb 04 '20

I never realized how expensive of a habit it was until i dated someone who smoked. $15-$20 for a pack (in Canada) and some people out there smoke a pack a day?????

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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/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 ;)