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Heavy taxes, plain packaging and other measures helped halve tobacco consumption over some 16 years in Australia. I have no issue with poor people having better
by jojobas 4y ago
Heavy taxes, plain packaging and other measures helped halve tobacco consumption over some 16 years in Australia. I have no issue with poor people having better mental and lung health.
- scarface74 4y agoWin? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/15/regular-cannabis-use-now-more-accepted-by-australians-than-smoking-tobacco-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/15/regul... > Regular cannabis use has become more accepted than smoking tobacco, the latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) has found.
- jojobas 4y agoI'd take that with a grain of salt. If cannabis was allowed to be smoked in the open, subjecting others to the smoke, I can imagine people would be not as accepting. Prevalence of for monthly or more often weed consumption is still lower than prevalence of daily tobacco smoking, so yes I'd still call it a win.
- scarface74 4y agoThese are the trends in the US https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/politics/marijuana-tobacco-cigarettes-polling-trump-search/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/politics/marijuana-tobacco-ci...