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>Why not ban fruity alcoholic drinks too? Kids prefer those to beer. Because alcohol use is much more socially accepted than nicotine use.
by jdhn 8y ago
>Why not ban fruity alcoholic drinks too? Kids prefer those to beer.
Because alcohol use is much more socially accepted than nicotine use.
- claydavisss 8y agoWhat does "socially accepted" mean? Both nicotine and alcohol have centuries-old integration into social customs... More likely there are two factors at play: 1. The alcohol industry is a massive source of tax revenues (unlike guns or tobacco). 2. Educated voters across the spectrum enjoy alcohol but have largely left smoking behind ("people that matter"). Everything about regulating vices falls down when it comes to alcohol. Every indictment of guns or tobacco (dangerous, unhealthy, societal harm) is amplified for alcohol...yet it gets a pass while other vices are condemned.
- rmvt 8y agothe alcohol and tobacco lobbies are also way more powerful
- ubernostrum 8y agoJuul is the first mass-market e-cigarette product I'm aware of that isn't directly or indirectly owned by a company that was already in the traditional tobacco market.