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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

should rise from 18, by one year every year

If that truly continued every year, that means someone too young to legally smoke could eventually die of old age when the legal smoking age is, say, 90 and they're 89. skeleton-wave

EDIT: I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, the idea is to prevent new kids from getting addicted to this awful shit without hurting people who are already addicted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I was just tripping out at the idea of "you must be 90 years old to buy this" signs at the supermarket. Surreal image.