TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.workstoWorld News@lemmy.ml•New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts
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1 year agoIf you do that, then you should also forfeit your right to use publicly funded hospitals that already struggle enough with people suffering of conditions they did not ask for voluntarily. Smoking is not just a cost for your body, but for society as a whole, hence the justification in a ban
Actually, a LOT of studies do show that no, in most countries, taxes are far from enough to cover the cost of tobacco induced diseases.