Forcing people to stop smoking

[struan80]

My mother brought me 55 x 50g pouches of tobacco back from Turkey. I won't be stopping smoking anytime soon.

I would like tobacco to be banned completely. It's likely the only way I'd manage to stop is if I couldn't get it. No doubt there'd be a black market for them.

It's a shite situation to be in, addicted to nicotine and no will power.

[Polarbear]

55? Bloody hell. She'd have been in the sh1t if customs had stopped her.
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[Polarbear]

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Definitely tipped
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[MCN]

[to v or not to v]

[Diggs]

I stopped smoking a few years ago with the help of a vape. I packed the vape in 12 months ago and whilst I still get the occasional twinge, the urge isn't there any more. I used to smoke Drum unfiltered because I liked the twigs and the harshness. Over the years it cost me the equivalent of a terraced house, so with hindsight I wish it had been banned decades ago.

Sadly I can't see any Government banning tobacco as long as there is tax to be paid on it. If it were banned, people would smuggle it in and the State wouldn't get anything....
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[Polarbear]

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[ThunderSteve]

I used to smoke quite a bit myself and eventually stopped because it just wasn't enjoyable for me anymore. The idea of forcing people to stop smoking by increasing the legal age each year is a bit tricky for me. On one hand, I get the health benefits and the intention behind it, but on the other, I believe strongly in personal choice. It feels like a slippery slope when we start letting regulations dictate our personal habits too much.

I personally chose to switch to vaping with Nexus vapes because it felt like a better option for me. It allowed me to manage my nicotine intake more effectively and offered a cleaner experience. Switching was my choice, influenced by my circumstances and preferences, not because someone forced me to. That choice made all the difference.

[that_impulse_guy]

we've all had drab green packets of cigarettes for...5 years now? Ive yet to see one discarded. Ive seen loads of foreign packets discarded, but no green ones. Maybe the people with drab green packets like keeping them...maybe no-one pays near on £20 for a pack of fags anymore and gets it from the ever-increasing number of overseas channels available for a quarter or less of the price.

Golden egg, goose, death...

Cost to NHS is debatable.. cost of not bloody dying when they predicted you will because you quit using vapes or because they banned cigs= to pensions companies? £B
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[Nobby the Bastard]

It's hardly forcing people to stop. it's more a case of preventing people from starting...
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[Easy-X]

The Law of Unintended Consequences dictates that people will smoke more black market cigarettes with dubious ingredients (as if cigarettes weren't bad enough) and the government doesn't get a cut of the profits.

"But! But! It'll be illegal!"

A gentle reminder that it's not actually illegal to smoke at a particular age but it will be illegal to sell cigarettes to people of a certain age. Couple that with the stellar success successive governments have had with tackling illegal drugs In our lifetimes it's possible we'll see the sales of cigarettes banned but cannabis decriminalised
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[MCN]

The tax on fags and booze help to offset the ridiculous amount of cash required to deal with the consequences.

I would crush gambling too.

Coz I'm an angel.
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[Easy-X]

The main impediment to banning large scale commercial gambling sites is that organised crime always moves in to supply services when things are made illegal.
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[MCN]

It is an educational and role model issue.

Manufacturers rely heavily on human frailty.

The burdz of today with their fukugly tats, botox, lip-fillers and body-augmentation is driven by image. Driven by marketing.

And the targets are oblivious to the manipulations.
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