• Big P
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    72 years ago

    I think people are idiots and need to be protected from themselves in some circumstances.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 years ago

      Realistically though this sort of thing isn’t going to stop that, it will just push it underground leading to it being unregulated.

      • Big P
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        22 years ago

        You could argue that about any law. The majority of people aren’t going to start smoking if its not easily available to them

        • @[email protected]
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          12 years ago

          That assumes that this idea would actually work. I doubt that it will actually be challenging to get hold of cigarettes after this goes into place, there will almost certainly be a lot of shops that will still sell them to people who are under the minimum age. For it to work properly I think there would have to be a lot of money spent on enforcing it. Alternatively though, one could argue that even that is better than not having any measures put in place.