JoMiran comments on Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament | Smoking

Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament | Smoking (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Prohibition worked wonders for alcohol consumption in the US.

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 12 points 4 months ago

Been working pretty good for cannabis, heroin, cocaine, and meth too

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[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It's not like the current state of things made people stop cigarettes either.

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 point 4 months ago

It did, actually. It dropped to about 30% of its previous levels and then rose back up to 70% over several years. There were plenty of other reasons prohibition sucked, but your point is not about those.

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