• fennec@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Just follow Australia’s example and make them virtually unaffordable (especially for most of the smoking population).

    • SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Great way to create a black market.

      Smokers are also disproportionately lower-income, so its just punishing poor people even more. Its very difficult to quit smoking and raising costs won’t do it for a lot of people.

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        1 year ago

        Raise costs in the form of taxes, use the taxes to provide cessation assistance services.