I honestly just think they should ban the addition of any chemials to cigarettes like arsenic tar and all this nonsense. Nicotine isnt the devil. Tobaco isnt evil its a herb with many uses. Its when you add all this stuff to it, and also its more healthy to chew than smoke.
too many rule makers
i thought it sucked what they did to tobacco sales in the us. when i was 16 i could buy vape juice on ebay. then when i turned 17 illinois introduced the tobacco 21 law. i had to go to indiana to get tobacco legally when i turned 18. then when i turned 19 the whole country raised the age to 21. i turned 21 in july now they banned shipping vape products by usps. at least i can still buy in store tho (well not currently because my id expired). luckily one site i use for vape juice still ships and they can verify my age without picture of id
I think New Zealand is going down the same path. As a public health issue I wouldn’t be adverse to it. It’s an insidious drug and highly addictive as we all know.
When I started smoking cigarettes were like $1.15 a pack. The name brand ones. The government is making tons in taxes.
Who cares?
Everyone will just go to the underground market like I do. I get 200 smokes for 20 bucks off of my connection.
Damn i need your connection
i get a 30 ml bottle of 50mg nic salts vape juice shipped for $14. lasts a while considering my juul pods i refill only hold 0.7ml
Absolutely great idea!!! 15151515
Cigarettes wouldn’t be so bad if the agriculture was regulated like food. They spray stuff on crops that decays into literal RADIUM. That is a radioactive element that you inhale when you spark up a store-bought pack. I’m not totally absolving the risks of combustion but the additives are absolutely carcinogenic.
Sounds pretty stupid. I have a pretty libertarian stance on tobacco. Tobacco has always been here, will always be here, and people will always want to do it.
Raising cigarette prices is a pretty classist action towards those who enjoy tobacco or are lower on the socioeconomic ladder.
Oh yes, there has been a lot of talk about this lately. I’m using “snus” - dipping tobacco, white, that don’t stain the teeth. Its very common in Scandinavia, i don’t know how i feel about banning cigarettes but i will be very angry if they ban “snus” its far less toxic than cigarettes.
I use that too.
A doctor once told me almost 70% of schizofrenia patients use nicotine products, and a fair amount feel it helps.
I would be lost without my snus.
I don’t need many days without nicotine before my head goes absolutely bonkers.
And I’m not talking “I get crabby and eat more”, we’re talking hallucinations of all the senses.
To add to the topic, I think it’s dumb to say people are legally adults at a certain age and then still claim they’re below the age limit for substances.
If you’re old enough to have kids, get married, take up loans, and drive cars, you’re old enough to decide whether smoking or drinking is something you should be doing.
I still to this day can’t think of one truly positive outcome from smoking. Yes tax revenue, but the question is how much of that tax money is left over once we are to pay for all the adverse effects of smoking?
On the flip side, if people want to smoke and get lung disease that’s on them. I’d rather they didn’t but the government sure as hell shouldn’t nanny them about it.
Whats your position on selling your own organs?
It should be entirely voluntary.