• yukichigai@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Normally I’d agree, but cigarettes in particular are a product that is designed to be as addictive as possible with a laundry list of negative health impacts and virtually zero positive ones. Combine that with the fact that you aren’t just putting it in your body but the body of anyone within breathing distance of you, there’s a strong case to be made for banning them outright.

      Put it another way, if cigarettes are legal then marijuana, LSD, MDMA, and a whole host of other drugs should be legal too.

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        1 year ago

        Combine that with the fact that you aren’t just putting it in your body but the body of anyone within breathing distance of you,

        That’s part of responsible use. I’m ok with only letting smokers smoke in specialty ventilated & filtered areas. Easy for me to say, I don’t smoke. But if any adult wants to make an informed decision to, that should be their choice.

        Put it another way, if cigarettes are legal then marijuana, LSD, MDMA, and a whole host of other drugs should be legal too.

        I emphatically agree.

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        Put it another way, if cigarettes are legal then marijuana, LSD, MDMA, and a whole host of other drugs should be legal too.

        Yes. Yes they should.

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        1 year ago

        Bruh, you know tobacco is a plant. Right?

        Alcohol needs so much work to be made.

        Tobacco is a plant.

        Just like weed.

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      1 year ago

      Tell that to all the smokers trying to quit who wish their younger self had not started in the first place.