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So what do we think of this proposal to make it illegal for the next generation to buy cigarettes? Or technically I think, illegal to sell to them. Changing the age allowed to buy them every year by one year, so those under a certain age are blocked from buying them forever. Prime Minister to create ‘smokefree generation’ by ending cigarette sales to those born on or after 1 January 2009
It's definitely true that if tobacco was brought to the market today the govt would ban it asap. So its availability is an anomaly. You could say the same about alcohol but it's not quite as thoroughly bad for your health as smoking, and is more culturally important. So maybe tobacco's status as a brutally damaging drug available in every corner shop should end?
If so, how does that fit into a world that might allow recreational drugs to be available in the future? Would tobacco be ranked with the more addictive drugs and be less easily available? Or in a different drug regime would it make sense for everyone to be allowed to buy tobacco again? Or do we make an exception for tobacco and say it simply causes too much harm.
Maybe I should have put this in the drug forum.
It's definitely true that if tobacco was brought to the market today the govt would ban it asap. So its availability is an anomaly. You could say the same about alcohol but it's not quite as thoroughly bad for your health as smoking, and is more culturally important. So maybe tobacco's status as a brutally damaging drug available in every corner shop should end?
If so, how does that fit into a world that might allow recreational drugs to be available in the future? Would tobacco be ranked with the more addictive drugs and be less easily available? Or in a different drug regime would it make sense for everyone to be allowed to buy tobacco again? Or do we make an exception for tobacco and say it simply causes too much harm.
Maybe I should have put this in the drug forum.