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[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

This is a ban on cigarettes, not on nicotine

[-] k_rol@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Good point I didn't think of. I guess removing that convenience could discourage a lot of people. But won't it still increase contraband?

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Unlikely because the cigarettes can still enter the market and be commercialized legally, so the economics of contraband doesn't change. It's like the currently existing age restrictions already in place.

We might observe some just not caring to check birthdates, like currently not every cashier asks for IDs selling alcohol as they should. But the benefit is still there if a decent percentage of the next generation will just trade cigarettes for vapes for the sake of convenience.

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