• mriormro@lemmy.world
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    They’re literally cancer sticks…

    I guess we should allow people to sell antifreeze as both an industrial chemical and a soft drink. Arguably, people have the right to quickly and painfully kill themselves as well.

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

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        These are cigarettes. Engineered to be as addictive as possible. We aren’t talking about hand rolled stogies here

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

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

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

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            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?

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              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

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

                And my first question?