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      Probably but that has the side effect of additional tobacco tax money for states and the federal government. That’s the key issue here and why they cracked down so hard on vaping while still allowing cigarettes to be sold at every corner store in the country.

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      It would still be positive for new smokers that never had the old high octane stuff.

      Further, for smokers smoking more means increased costs to the smokers acting as an economic disincentive to continuing to smoke.

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    This is just a reminder, the parallels between Trump and Hitler are many.

    Trump hates drinking and smoking while Hitler also hated drinking and smoking.

    If they represent what “sober” is, I’ll take any and all drugs mainlined into my veins till the end of time please and thank you.

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      I mean, Hitler’s personal doctor administered opiates and amphetamines to him daily. Trump has also been suspected of using amphetamines and his habit of projection would seem to support that, given he claimed Biden was on “performance-enhancing drugs.” So, yeah I wouldn’t worry about that mainline, as we know Hitler wasn’t sober and there’s a fair chance Trump isn’t either.