• vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Prohibition was ridiculously popular until it wasn’t. Just like smoking bans will be.

    People will choose to smoke just because it’s illegal, and it will unironically be a gateway to harder drugs since the same guy selling tobacco will now be the same guy selling crack.

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      Prohibition was ridiculously popular until it wasn’t.

      It failed because of widespread lawbreaking, organized crime, enforcement failures, and economic pressure (tax and jobs during the great depression)

      Smoking is already on the decline, i don’t think you’ll find such fervor for cigarette running.

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        i don’t think you’ll find such fervor for cigarette running.

        There is, in some countries with very high taxes on tobacco.

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        Smoking is already on the decline, i don’t think you’ll find such fervor for cigarette running

        You’re wrong, it will also have widespread lawbreaking, enforcement failures, economic pressure, and create a new organized crime powerhouse. As always.

        The smoking market is comparable to the drug market in size of users… how’s that drug war doing?