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| HeroDelTiempo17 04/29/21 5:21:37 PM #199: | kevwaffles posted... Banning sales is not the same as criminalizing possession. At all. Banning sales creates contraband, contraband creates a black market. It's not gonna be the cigarette companies taking the criminal penalties here! Tony's comparison to prohibition is pretty accurate. In fact I don't see how this hurts the tobacco industry much at all. They apparently will still be able to be sold for two years (aka, unload their stock and not lose any money). So this is just a quick fix (that is not really even a fix for anything) instead of doing anything substantial. So to recap, if you are celebrating because "fuck cigarette companies" they're not being hurt. If you're celebrating because of public health concerns...I mean you could just ban public smoking for the same effect. And I'm skeptical that it will substantially reduce the amount of addicts though I could be wrong. Not sure how the vaping ban went. I just don't see any reason to praise this decision and I think the concern it's going to do more harm than good is reasonable. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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