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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

You have a very bizarre concept of what rights are

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

Good

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