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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The populists won't allow more foriegn ownership of real estate.

I don't see a single problem here. Fuck, I wish Australia would get behind this.

Also good, fuck prohibition laws. Leave them in the fucking past where they belong. If I want to slowly kill myself by inhaling burning plant matter, then that's my decision. The taxes I pay more than cover my eventual cost to the state's healthcare system. The government does not get to dictate what I do with my own body.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Actually, a LOT of studies do show that no, in most countries, taxes are far from enough to cover the cost of tobacco induced diseases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They are from Australia. The taxes on one single packet of cigarettes could fund the construction of a new hospital.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

NZ taxes are higher and it doesn't cover the costs here, either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It doesn't thou. The cost of smoking to the state is fucking massive