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Smoking. Millions of euros of taxpayer money spent every year on those lung cancer patients which could be well spent elsewhere. It's also an activity that negatively affects not just the smoker but everyone around them.
Outlaw industrial cigarettes with tons of shit in them. Natural tabacco isn't nearly as addictive.
Same with everything really. Two generations ago kids were drinking beer at school, but the beer was 1% alcohol.