Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the smoking age every year in a move welcomed by health charities but criticised by those in the tobacco industry.
  • 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1316·
    2 years ago

    Humans have been smoking tobacco for thousands of years. Banning it will only allow the black market to swell to an unimaginable size

    • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 years ago

      You can imagine it, it would be less than the amount that is currently being smoked.

      • 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Not necessarily. People could actually start smoking more because tax free cigarettes are astronomically cheaper

        • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          2 years ago

          Are people smoking less weed now it’s legal in many US states?

          Where do you think tax free cigarettes are going to come from?

          • 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            They are either domestic bootlegs or imports. If cigarettes were actually fully banned, organized crime groups would begin mass cigarette smuggling and manufacturing operations. Sounds ridiculous, but it’s true

            • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              People don’t enjoy or need smoking that much, so no.

              And my first question?

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      37·
      2 years ago

      By that logic we should continue slavery. Aren’t you worried someone’s going to purchase one of your children on the black market!?