As a smoker, this will do absolutely nothing. Just increase tax more so it’s too expensive to start. Teens aren’t prepared to start a $30 to $90 a week habit and it’ll push people like me to cutting back/quitting faster; use that tax to better fund quitting programs and other health efforts. It’s already getting expensive to be a smoker with packs nearing $20, if I didn’t have the salary I do I would’ve quit a while ago.
Nicotine is a hell of a drug. Any young people reading this please don’t start, and if you have stop while you can. A routine is a powerful thing to break from.
Edit: what New Zealand is doing by restricting people after a certain birth year from buying all together I think it’s one of the better ways of doing it. If buying cigarettes will always be that much of a hassle it won’t be worth starting. That along with increased taxes I think would be the best way forward to stamp out cigarettes in my lifetime.
You should mind your own business. I don’t smoke and I hate the smell, but grown adults should be able to decide for themselves which behaviours they engage in.
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On the other hand, it is easy and cheap.
As a smoker, this will do absolutely nothing. Just increase tax more so it’s too expensive to start. Teens aren’t prepared to start a $30 to $90 a week habit and it’ll push people like me to cutting back/quitting faster; use that tax to better fund quitting programs and other health efforts. It’s already getting expensive to be a smoker with packs nearing $20, if I didn’t have the salary I do I would’ve quit a while ago.
Nicotine is a hell of a drug. Any young people reading this please don’t start, and if you have stop while you can. A routine is a powerful thing to break from.
Edit: what New Zealand is doing by restricting people after a certain birth year from buying all together I think it’s one of the better ways of doing it. If buying cigarettes will always be that much of a hassle it won’t be worth starting. That along with increased taxes I think would be the best way forward to stamp out cigarettes in my lifetime.
You should switch to vaping at the very least.
You should mind your own business. I don’t smoke and I hate the smell, but grown adults should be able to decide for themselves which behaviours they engage in.
It’s not as bad for you, and he obviously wants to quit.
Thanks for the tip about the NZ approach. I didn’t know about that. I think it’s pretty neat.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/new-zealand-passes-world-first-tobacco-law-to-ban-smoking-by-2025