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Banning cigarettes is not something that is comparable to banning people from traveling and gathering with their friends...

• ajsnigrutin 5y ago
  But it saves lives. In my country (Slovenia), cigarettes kill more people than covid did (in the last 2 years)... we had huge lockdowns, and pointed the fingers at anyone who ignored some of the rules (even though our constitutional court ruled afterwards that most of the lockdowns were unconstitutional), but just banning smoking would save more lives than covid took away.
  • kspacewalk2 5y ago
    > but just banning smoking would save more lives than covid took away. ... Assuming people wouldn't buy on the black market, drive down to Croatia, Italy or Austria to replenish their supply, etc.
    • ajsnigrutin 5y ago
      If you did an age-ban (anyone born after 2003 can't buy them), there'd probably be less younger smokers, because driving across the border takes time and money.
  • lostlogin 5y ago
    You may know this, but smoking is being banned in New Zealand.
• sofixa 5y ago
  People can travel without cars just fine. Feet, bicycles, public transit, there are tons of options for every scenario.
  • josephcsible 5y ago
    Not in most places. If you don't live in a big city, it's probably too far to walk or bike, and there is no public transit.
    • sofixa 5y ago
      That only goes for countries that consider public transit to be for the poor or extremely dense urban environments where cars couldn't work. It's far from the case worldwide. ( Of course I'm not talking about small villages with a population in the hundreds, but towns in the thousands should have public transit connections).
      • josephcsible 5y ago
        It goes for most of the US, and the US is too big to just ignore.
• lostlogin 5y ago
  We can travel and see friends. It’s harder, but we can.