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minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 hours agoI like that they’re trying to kill off smoking. I don’t like this ageist bullshit. Why don’t they just set a timeline of 5 years and all tobacco sales are prohibited after that. You’ve got 5 years to quit if you smoke. That solves even more of the problem and isn’t ageist bullshit.
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 hour agoprobably because it’s easier to make people not start smoking than make people stop smoking. 2008 people are below 18, so most of them probably haven’t started
minus-squareSpeedRunner@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoIt’s the same reason that Age Gating is popping up all over the world. It’s because fuck young people, that’s why. I got mine, I don’t care about you.
I like that they’re trying to kill off smoking.
I don’t like this ageist bullshit.
Why don’t they just set a timeline of 5 years and all tobacco sales are prohibited after that. You’ve got 5 years to quit if you smoke.
That solves even more of the problem and isn’t ageist bullshit.
probably because it’s easier to make people not start smoking than make people stop smoking. 2008 people are below 18, so most of them probably haven’t started
It’s the same reason that Age Gating is popping up all over the world.
It’s because fuck young people, that’s why. I got mine, I don’t care about you.