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Ganon19 07/12/17 3:38:08 PM #1: |
Posted By: Now8News
There is more bad news for cigarette smokers – the US government is raising the age of consumption to 25 years old, due to the increasing health dangers of tobacco. The cost of healthcare to treat the illnesses caused by tobacco was $96 billion in 2014. By raising the legal age of consumption to 25 years old, it is estimated to reduce these costs by nearly 60% by the year 2021. According to the Cancer.org website, tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the US. Yet more than 45 million Americans still smoke cigarettes. Tobacco smoke contains 7000 chemicals and compounds. Hundreds of these are toxic, and at least 69 are cancer-causing. Currently there is a proposal to add an additional $2.50 tax to the price of a pack of cigarettes. They say a vote for raising the cigarette tax, as well as raising the age of consumption, is a vote against cancer. States must increase their tobacco tax, because they expect the sales of cigarettes to dramatically decrease when raising the legal age of consumption to 25. But Roy Jensen, director of the University of Kansas Cancer Center insists, “The most important components are the health benefits that will derive from it.” http://now8news.com/trump-raising-age-limit-tobacco-consumption-25-years-age/ --- Joel Embiid is a bust People who agree with me: 4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mario2000 07/12/17 3:38:54 PM #2: |
not high enough imo
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Were_Wyrm 07/12/17 3:39:42 PM #4: |
Libs will be against this.
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Blackstar110 07/12/17 3:39:54 PM #5: |
well
this isn't true --- -Shred ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blue_Dream87 07/12/17 3:39:59 PM #6: |
Really TC?
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Vyrulisse 07/12/17 3:40:11 PM #7: |
18 years old? You can't drink OR smoke now but take this weapon and go kill people.
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Shadowplay 07/12/17 3:40:21 PM #8: |
Good. A person's brain is definitely not done developing at 18, making nicotine addiction more likely at that age.
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CircleOfManias 07/12/17 3:40:36 PM #9: |
Now8News is a known hoax site. Look at the other headlines.
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E32005 07/12/17 3:40:57 PM #10: |
Giant_Aspirin posted...
states rights, nanny state, etc AM I RIGHT REPUBLICANS --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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megamanfreakXD 07/12/17 3:41:11 PM #11: |
I am against it
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eston 07/12/17 3:41:14 PM #12: |
I'm not really in favor of arbitrary age limits. If someone is a legal adult they should be able to buy tobacco. Ditto for alcohol.
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Paragon21XX 07/12/17 3:42:26 PM #14: |
Damn, imagine falling this hard for fake news.
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TheSingingHobo 07/12/17 3:45:12 PM #16: |
Vyrulisse posted...
18 years old? You can't drink OR smoke now but take this weapon and go kill people. Also can't rent a hotel at most places. Pretty much every hotel I've been to has a 21+ policy to reserve a room. --- Sig space for sale. Inquire within. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ChromaticAngel 07/12/17 3:47:56 PM #18: |
Honestly came in to say that this was pretty cool and instead I'm now leaving disappointed.
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3khc 07/12/17 3:48:35 PM #20: |
He's finally doing good.
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Annihilated 07/12/17 3:50:13 PM #21: |
Shadowplay posted...
Good. A person's brain is definitely not done developing at 18, making nicotine addiction more likely at that age. This. I'm all for decriminalizing weed as well, but it also should have a 25 year age minimum. It would really suck to not have your brain develop to its full potential for the rest of your life because you wanted to get baked with your college buddies. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Annihilated 07/12/17 3:52:27 PM #22: |
CircleOfManias posted...
Now8News is a known hoax site. Look at the other headlines. Oh, well that's fun. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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armandro 07/12/17 3:52:29 PM #23: |
Were_Wyrm posted...
Libs will be against this. Libs here voted to raise the smoking at to 21. --- http://i.imgur.com/sKghEcP.gif 8 October, 2023 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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legendary_zell 07/12/17 3:54:02 PM #24: |
That's not even how our system of government works. Where's the legislation? The regulatory action? Even an executive order? Anything? The president can't just declare sweeping policy changes like this.
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LightHawKnight 07/12/17 3:54:09 PM #25: |
eston posted...
I'm not really in favor of arbitrary age limits. If someone is a legal adult they should be able to buy tobacco. Ditto for alcohol. While is is fake, 25 is not an arbitrary age limit. It should also be the age limit for marijuana and alcohol as well. That is when the brain is fully developed, so these stuff wont do as much harm. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Gheb 07/12/17 3:57:54 PM #26: |
Annihilated posted...
Shadowplay posted...Good. A person's brain is definitely not done developing at 18, making nicotine addiction more likely at that age. While science backs up that our brains keep developing past the age of 18, the country still considers you a legal adult at that point. At 18 you can literally make the decision to sign-up with the military and get into active combat, which also can't be good for developing brains (hell looking at the state of many of our returning veterans, it's not good for developed brains). We shouldn't decide that certain activities should have a higher age limit and say science supports it while letting them make all other manner of adult decisions. --- S*** I have to stop doing that," Gheb said, as he lay back down and died again. - Forgotten Love Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LightHawKnight 07/12/17 3:59:19 PM #27: |
Gheb posted...
Annihilated posted...Shadowplay posted...Good. A person's brain is definitely not done developing at 18, making nicotine addiction more likely at that age. 18 isn't really adult anyways, should raise limit for dangerous life altering things to 25. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lightsasori 07/12/17 3:59:49 PM #28: |
Literally #fakenews
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SoraOwnsOctopus 07/12/17 4:01:16 PM #29: |
Good >_> Fuck cigarettes
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lightwarrior78 07/12/17 4:01:29 PM #30: |
Joke nature of the story notwithstanding, it would be wasted legislation. who actually waits until they're legal to start smoking?
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Annihilated 07/12/17 4:03:47 PM #31: |
Gheb posted...
Annihilated posted...Shadowplay posted...Good. A person's brain is definitely not done developing at 18, making nicotine addiction more likely at that age. It's not so much as what adults are allowed to use as much as what vendors are allowed to sell. If somebody sold medicine that was toxic to some people, it would not continue to be sold for very long because it's irresponsible. Besides, 18 year olds already have to contend with legal drinking ages. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Medussa 07/12/17 4:04:23 PM #32: |
honestly, I wouldn't be all that opposed to raising the age of adulthood to 21 for all things.
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thanosibe 07/12/17 4:04:50 PM #33: |
Why is this forum so triggered by tobacco?
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MJ_Max 07/12/17 4:05:19 PM #34: |
Does no one here have any critical thinking skills
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PrettyBoyFloyd 07/12/17 4:12:52 PM #35: |
Yet underage people will still smoke and drink anyway.
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KStateKing17 07/12/17 4:28:36 PM #36: |
I have mixed feelings about something like this. While I know that consuming alcohol and drugs at an early age has a greater effect on the brain and body, I'm tired of having the right to buy the products, then shortly after losing them again :/
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lilJoe457 07/12/17 4:29:15 PM #37: |
Good.
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Medussa 07/12/17 4:58:36 PM #39: |
KStateKing17 posted...
I have mixed feelings about something like this. While I know that consuming alcohol and drugs at an early age has a greater effect on the brain and body, I'm tired of having the right to buy the products, then shortly after losing them again :/ even if this would happen, I'd imagine everyone already legal would be grandfathered in. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cerealbox760 07/12/17 4:59:41 PM #40: |
CrimsonRage posted...
Were_Wyrm posted...Libs will be against this. this doesn't make sense. Pushing the restrictions and taxing tobacco higher is the most liberal thing. its unlikely of trump --- Clevo P775 QHD 120hz / i7 7700k 4.5GHZ / GTX 1070 8GB / DDR4 16GB/ 256gb m.2 SSD /Magni-Modi DAC_AMP combo/ ie800. Laptop on the outside. Desktop on the inside. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 07/12/17 5:03:57 PM #41: |
Now8News is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within Now8News.com are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction. Real talk though, just drop the legal age for everything to 18. Let kids have the choice to fuck up. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KStateKing17 07/12/17 5:12:44 PM #42: |
Medussa posted...
KStateKing17 posted...I have mixed feelings about something like this. While I know that consuming alcohol and drugs at an early age has a greater effect on the brain and body, I'm tired of having the right to buy the products, then shortly after losing them again :/ That wasn't the case recently. Some of the cities in the US passed a law raising the minimum age for tobacco products to 21. Being 19 at the time I still had to wait. --- Mains: Xiaoyu/Zafina (Tekken)-Dhalsim (SF)-Jax (MK) Luong/Yamazaki/Joe (KoF) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheVipaGTS 07/12/17 5:13:27 PM #43: |
Were_Wyrm posted...
Libs will be against this. No we won't. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Medussa 07/12/17 5:28:18 PM #44: |
KStateKing17 posted...
Medussa posted...KStateKing17 posted...I have mixed feelings about something like this. While I know that consuming alcohol and drugs at an early age has a greater effect on the brain and body, I'm tired of having the right to buy the products, then shortly after losing them again :/ ew. sorry. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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glitteringfairy 07/12/17 5:30:35 PM #45: |
Yea this seemed fishy. The age of tobacco consumption is a state thing. It's 18 here in Tennessee but in Alabama or Georgia it's 19
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Philoktetes 07/12/17 5:42:27 PM #46: |
Vyrulisse posted...
18 years old? You can't drink OR smoke now but take this weapon and go kill people. how is military service related to smoking or drinking? --- I don't think so, Tim. ~~ Pizza Crew ~~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MARKINGRAM22 07/12/17 5:46:47 PM #47: |
E32005 posted...
Giant_Aspirin posted...states rights, nanny state, etc AM I RIGHT REPUBLICANS At least you didn't delete your embarrassment --- "That man practices Islam. Are you happy he was taken out since according to you he believes what terrorists do?" -VipaGTS to me ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Amatsukaze 07/12/17 5:58:24 PM #48: |
Good.
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mustachedmystic 07/12/17 6:08:45 PM #49: |
Do y'all posting realize that this is not real?
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TheVipaGTS 07/12/17 6:09:23 PM #50: |
Amatsukaze posted...
Good. They really just need to replace cigarettes with weed. I know it won't happen since big tobacco lives in most politicians pockets but it would be nice. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DocileOrangeCup 07/12/17 6:09:34 PM #51: |
aww man i wish this were real
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faizan_faizan 07/12/17 6:17:20 PM #52: |
DocileOrangeCup posted...
aww man i wish this were real --- Allergic to bull****. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CircleOfManias 07/12/17 6:35:54 PM #53: |
mustachedmystic posted...
Do y'all posting realize that this is not real? Welcome to the post-truth era. --- Sick liaisons raise this monumental mark The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park ... Copied to Clipboard!
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