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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

I think governments should always ban everything they don't like. Next up: alcohol, candy and snacks. Then maybe bars, motor sports and sex for unmarried people.