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But I wonder how many people with COPD due to smoking would say "I am really glad I have been smoking and would never give it up" ? That is the thing, people s
by jmclnx 4y ago
But I wonder how many people with COPD due to smoking would say "I am really glad I have been smoking and would never give it up" ?
That is the thing, people start at a young age because it is "cool", when they get old, they wish they never started. I never meet a longtime smoker who has never tried to quit. Eventually many just give up trying to quit.
I wonder how enforceable this law is ? I suspect illegal markets are already being planned :)
- subradios 4y agoEhh, there are a lot of people who really like to smoke and are filly aware of COPD and emphysema etc. One thing I suspect is potentially operative is that the long term health of people in general is much better. Previous generations could happily write off the last 5 or 10 years of their life, and that's just not as true today.
- nmeofthestate 4y agoYep. My dad is one such person - smoking has destroyed his health but it's so addictive he didn't even give it up after multiple strokes, heart attacks and surgery. The idea that he's still smoking because "he chooses to do so" and "he likes it" makes me fucking laugh. This law doesn't even try to wean addicts off cigarettes, accepting that many of them have no hope of giving up or even just moving to vaping. It seems like a fair approach to treat this population of addicts as something to be managed as they age out.