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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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[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 224 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Why benefit society when you can just fuck it over whilst profiting from short term gains.

God I hate how this planet functions. Tax the fucking rich already.

[–] RTRedreovic@feddit.ch 72 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Taxxing won't do anything because structurally the Rich have the most power in the system. The only way to fix this is to systematically remove the Rich through whatever means and remove the means which enables them to exist.

[–] nephs@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Tanks go brrrrr!

[–] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Boomers are having a temper tantrum in their death throes by elections these Conservatives.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

extinction burst

[–] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

There is a massive drive to legalize weed. How is banning this any different than banning marijuana?

Do not like smoking myself but not sure how to justify the hypocrisy of thinking we should ban this vice over the other.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

i dont think anybody is being forced to go buy cigarettes