Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    Like I said. Mainly because if someone lights up, they’ll smoke the whole cigarette. Not half. But if they didn’t get enough nicotine from one, instead of not smoking again for a couple hours, they may smoke again after just 45 minutes or so. Or even start chain smoking.

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          11 months ago

          Or they’ll adjust to how much is in what they’re used to smoking. Their bodies will adjust. Because cravings are driven by exposure.

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                11 months ago

                You don’t really know how an addiction works, do you? Nevermind that being a question for you to answer. I suppose I already know you don’t.

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                  11 months ago

                  Do you know how quitting an addiction works? Ideally… you take less.

                  That’s not a paradox or a gotcha. It’s the only way people break the cycle. You understand that cycle can be deepened. You seem absolutely confident there’s no other direction.

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                    11 months ago

                    You seem to think the people having low nicotine cigarettes forced on them want to quit smoking.

                    And no. I’m not saying there is no other direction. Upping the age every year would work. Upping the prices would work, but is a ln asshole move for a government to make, banning cigarettes would work. Lowering nicotine in cigarettes is what wouldn’t work. It’s straight up something that would make the smoking related health issues of an entire country worse instead of better.