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What they're saying is: smoking isn't the worst thing ever, in moderation. We'll still sell you packs of twenty, but don't smoke them all in one day.
by linkmotif 9y ago
What they're saying is: smoking isn't the worst thing ever, in moderation. We'll still sell you packs of twenty, but don't smoke them all in one day.
- eadmund 9y agoBut that's actually true. Maybe the world would have been better if we'd encouraged smoking in moderation instead of banning, banning, banning: deaths would be far fewer, and freedom would be much stronger.
- linkmotif 9y agoYeah I know but packs of twenty are optimized to keep you smoking not in moderation. Even if they sold you loosies it would still be hard for most people to smoke in moderation. That’s why smoking coughFacebookcough is so insidious. Sorry I’ve been smoking too much ;)
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- goialoq 9y agoSmoking wasn't banned until very recently, after tremendous damage was done. Even now, smoking is only banned in places where it harms other people. You can smoke at home as much as you like.
- rhizome 9y agoBased on my experience, both England and Tokyo sell cigarettes in packs of 10. The US tobacco industry doesn't want moderation.
- codinghorror 9y agoYou bring up a good point: is this _addictive?_