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[โ€“] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 76 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Between the massive corporate wealth at stake and the millions of people literally addicted to the product, it's hard now to imagine governments being able to ban them (and I lived through it).

[โ€“] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And now we have vaping.

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[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Infinitely better for health and can only be used in private spaces or outside in most countries, would rather have some rights than none

[โ€“] Moc@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Which the Aussie government banned, yet didnโ€™t even touch cigarettes.

[โ€“] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Essentially banned, now requiring a prescription to obtain any components and destroying small business

[โ€“] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i through they also stopped the sale of cigs to anyone born after a cutoff date?

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

That was NZ I think and I also think it ended up on the back burner for some reason (I assume lobbying)

[โ€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In smoking areas or outside only.

Lol I'm a school bus driver and a number of my colleagues vape on the fucking buses. They imagine they're being super-secret about it - they're somehow oblivious to the giant cloud of smoke each hit creates. Never underestimate the power of nicotine addiction to force people to relentlessly push the boundaries of where and when.