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In The Netherlands it's embarrassing. They basically had to beg supermarkets to stop selling cigarettes and then give them a years long transition period. It c
by leokennis 4y ago
In The Netherlands it's embarrassing. They basically had to beg supermarkets to stop selling cigarettes and then give them a years long transition period.
It could be very easy. Ban the sales of tobacco to everyone born after "YYYY", make cigarettes cost €50 per pack, make smoking when not allowed a €100 fine, deposit all tax from tobacco sales into a national program where people get free "exercise credits" to be redeemed at fitness studios etc.
- aembleton 4y agoAt €50 per pack people would buy them on the black market.
- yurishimo 4y agoIt definitely was something that surprised me when I moved here. Even among young people, it seems to be fairly popular. Could another option be a higher `Eigen Risico` for smokers? I don't know if that could even be enforced.
- fknorangesite 4y ago> Ban the sales of tobacco to everyone born after "YYYY" This is what New Zealand just did: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/new-zealand-passes-world-first-tobacco-law-to-ban-smoking-by-2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/new-zealand-pa...