• Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Ehhhhhh, you make it permanently harder for a generation and eventually, barring a political change, you need to find an 80 year old to boot cigarettes for you from that one shop down the road that still caters to a rapidly shrinking audience.

    Not to say that this is a good idea or one with which but long-term, it could work. (Or at least reduce smoking to a relatively minor few.)

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      2 years ago

      Eventually stores will just stop selling them. Why stock cigarette when you only sell 10 packs a month.

      I think it’s a great idea. People will create a black market for them, but it will be really small and die out.

      It’s not like you really get anything from it like you do from alcohol or other drugs.

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        2 years ago

        It’s not like you really get anything from it like you do from alcohol or other drugs.

        Similar ehhhhhh as earlier.

        There are moments when a cigarette gives you an amazing or just right, feeling, for lack of a better word. In reality you’re just sating a self inflicted addiction, but it can feel great to do so.

        I don’t think it’s a good trade, that’s why I no longer smoke, but I understand the simple pleasure. Even if in the long, medium, heck, often even short term that pleasure has stupid costs.