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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

I'm surprised Lemmy has this take. Why is it anyone else's right to take your right to smoking away?

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Why is it anyone else’s right to take your right to smoking away?

I have to breathe your smoke and pay for your healthcare.

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[–] XbSuper@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Seems like a good thing to me. Let people decide for themselves, it's not the government's job to tell them what they can and can't put in their body.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee -4 points 10 months ago

Good

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