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Why do we need to ban these? I'm not trying to be contrarian, but why do some people appear to be for banning tobacco but not alcohol? I don't claim to have all
by jareds 9mo ago
Why do we need to ban these? I'm not trying to be contrarian, but why do some people appear to be for banning tobacco but not alcohol? I don't claim to have all the answers or even strong opinions, but if your going to ban one recreational drug with negative externalities you should ban them all. I'd much rather hear people's opinions then ask AI.
- eli 9mo agoNo, banning disposable vapes
- jareds 9mo agoThanks for the clarification, I can see banning disposable vapes but still allowing reusable ones.
- RandallBrown 9mo agoIf alcohol came inside of little battery powered computers, we should ban those too. I don't think the post you're responding to is saying that vapes should be banned. Just disposable ones.
- tomcam 9mo ago> If alcohol came inside of little battery powered computers, we should ban those too. I too am agnostic but do not understand this reasoning. BTW let me get severely downvoted by saying that if alcohol prohibition came up for a vote I'd vote yes in a heartbeat.
- RandallBrown 9mo agoWe're not talking about alcohol or tobacco prohibition. We're talking about single use e-waste prohibition.
- tomcam 9mo agoYou may wish to reread the comment. I started the phrase with “BTW“, implying I knew it was slightly outside of context.
- hahahahhaah 9mo agoI think broadly prohibition didn't work but smoking bans do. Where "work" means fewer people smoke and passive smoke.
- parineum 9mo agoProhibition works to stop some people. It doesn't stop addicts from craving and it doesn't curb the appeal of the product. People who think tobacco/nicotine bans would work are people who think they don't have any positive effect associated with them. People don't smoke because the evil cigarette companies tricked them and now they are addicted. It's a drug, it feels good to do it. A tobacco/nicotine ban will end up exactly like aby other recreational drug prohibition.
- normie3000 9mo ago> People don't smoke because the evil cigarette companies tricked them and now they are addicted. Isn't this exactly what happens, and why cigarette advertising is banned in many countries, and why marketing child-friendly tobacco products is commonly restricted, and why there are even regulations/guidelines around portrayal of smoking on TV in some regions?
- parineum 9mo agoPeople have been smoking for thousands of years.
- prmoustache 9mo agoPeople have been stealing and killing other people as many years if not longer. That doesn't mean you cannot do a bit of legislation and obtain some positive results against that. I think not banning the cigarette and non reusable vape is the wrong solution but banning smoking in lots of public spaces has improved the situation, maybe not to curb consumption but at least non smokers can breath a little. I wish it would also applies to outdoors cafe/restaurant terraces too as smokers effectively ban to non smokers by spreading their poison around them. They could walk away for a couple of minutes to get their hit but they don't on purpose. There should be a radius around an outdoor terrace where smoking is effectively prohibited.