thehatfox@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNew Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cutswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down13cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoWeed can have huge benefits for health, just look at multiple sclerosis. Sugar and fat are good if not abused. But yes, I do believe restaurants shouldn’t be allowed to sell 2000 calories monstrosities. Smoking tobacco has zero (health) benefits. It’s just a net loss on society (except for those who produce, sell and tax it) and thus shouldn’t exist. EDIT: better?
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·1 year agoTobacco is used as an organic pesticide Nicotine is also being tested for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Do alcohol…and tell me if it should be allowed next.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago Tobacco is used as an organic pesticide Nicotine is also being tested for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. nobody has proposed banning them for those uses. are you asserting that someone has?
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoLiterally the post I replied to says it has no benefits and shouldn’t exist…
Weed can have huge benefits for health, just look at multiple sclerosis.
Sugar and fat are good if not abused. But yes, I do believe restaurants shouldn’t be allowed to sell 2000 calories monstrosities.
Smoking tobacco has zero (health) benefits. It’s just a net loss on society (except for those who produce, sell and tax it) and thus shouldn’t exist.
EDIT: better?
Tobacco is used as an organic pesticide
Nicotine is also being tested for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Do alcohol…and tell me if it should be allowed next.
nobody has proposed banning them for those uses. are you asserting that someone has?
Literally the post I replied to says it has no benefits and shouldn’t exist…
Oh, yes they did.