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Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the way. There are so few places to smoke in BC that I pretty much only ever see people doing it 5 metres from a bus stop.

They are so expensive that the few people that still do it smoke maybe a pack a week.

We even banned the sale of no-nic vape juice because they were becoming a gateway to nicotine addiction for teenagers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just visited Canada for 4 days, was around a lot of people and I only smelled smoke twice. Both times were outside the airport (once arriving and once departing).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We even banned the sale of no-nic vape juice because they were becoming a gateway to nicotine addiction for teenagers.

That's crazy and backwards. Ecigs were a critical tool I used to kick a 2 pack a day habit. Vaping is the best smoking cessation system around.

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

except the ones using it don't even smoke rn.