git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agoSmoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreedwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up180cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up180external-linkSmoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreedwww.bbc.co.ukgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarespace_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·9 days agoI mean isn’t it pretty clear that this is going to create a sizeable black market? The only way to prevent that is funnel billions of pounds to the police and treat ciggies like they’re literally heroin.
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-29 days agoWhich isn’t going to happen because local police are going to be even less interested in preventing tobacco use than they are in preventing cannabis.
I mean isn’t it pretty clear that this is going to create a sizeable black market? The only way to prevent that is funnel billions of pounds to the police and treat ciggies like they’re literally heroin.
Which isn’t going to happen because local police are going to be even less interested in preventing tobacco use than they are in preventing cannabis.