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In the US we tried a program called DARE that was focused on telling kids about the dangers of harder drugs to try to get them to stay away. That program was la

In the US we tried a program called DARE that was focused on telling kids about the dangers of harder drugs to try to get them to stay away. That program was later discontinued because it was shown to have no impact. Part of the problem here is that we focus on the negatives of smoking as the reason for quitting. But nobody ever talks about how good it can feel to smoke a cigarette. It's relaxing. The nicotine creates this nice, peaceful feeling. In my opinion if you want people to quit smoking you need to give them the tools to create that feeling without smoking. Otherwise people will seek that feeling out when they're trying to quit and the easiest way for them to get it is to light a cigarette.

mcny 7y ago
> In the US we tried a program called DARE that was focused on telling kids about the dangers of harder drugs to try to get them to stay away. That program was later discontinued because it was shown to have no impact. Part of the problem here is that we focus on the negatives of smoking as the reason for quitting. But nobody ever talks about how good it can feel to smoke a cigarette. It's relaxing. The nicotine creates this nice, peaceful feeling. I don't smoke and I have no intention of learning the nice, peaceful feeling. I was just saying that we already require people to be twenty one years old to buy tobacco. I completely support legalization of all drugs but perhaps there should be some supervision. I thought requiring a prescription/license to buy drugs makes sense. We require a doctor's visit to get birth control pills. Perhaps we could even get rid of the age limit if we require a prescription... Or do you fear the market will flood with unlicensed (possibly adulterated/low quality) tobacco products if we make it too difficult to get tobacco without a license/prescription?

mcny 7y ago

> In the US we tried a program called DARE that was focused on telling kids about the dangers of harder drugs to try to get them to stay away. That program was later discontinued because it was shown to have no impact. Part of the problem here is that we focus on the negatives of smoking as the reason for quitting. But nobody ever talks about how good it can feel to smoke a cigarette. It's relaxing. The nicotine creates this nice, peaceful feeling. I don't smoke and I have no intention of learning the nice, peaceful feeling. I was just saying that we already require people to be twenty one years old to buy tobacco. I completely support legalization of all drugs but perhaps there should be some supervision. I thought requiring a prescription/license to buy drugs makes sense. We require a doctor's visit to get birth control pills. Perhaps we could even get rid of the age limit if we require a prescription... Or do you fear the market will flood with unlicensed (possibly adulterated/low quality) tobacco products if we make it too difficult to get tobacco without a license/prescription?