So, just something completely different and I’d be interested in people’s thought on this.
It looks like New Zealand is going to bring in a law to ban smoking for anyone born in 2008 or later. Not just your usual ‘you can smoke after you’re 16/18’ but literally - if you’re born after that date, at no point will be it legal for you to buy cigarettes. The idea being that smokers will, literally, just ‘die off’’.
Do you think this will work? Could it be a template for other countries to follow? Or is it a massive assault on people’s rights? Also, how practical is this? Would tourists be exempt?
btw - I’m a non-smoker myself, so I don’t actually have an opinion either way - just interested in what people think of this and if this is something other countries should consider?
It’s a bold plan and I wish them the best with it.
Plenty of people say that if tobacco (and alcohol) were invented now, they’d be an illegal drug. It’s almost an accident of history that tobacco has been legal for this long, and I rather wish more countries would be bold enough to find ways of outlawing it.
This is at least a consistent policy. Smoking is significantly more harmful than many illegal recreational drugs, so if they’re illegal, smoking might as well be.
My preferred solution would be a reduction in the number of illegal substances, not an increase, but again, it’s hard to fault the logic here.
I think it’s a good idea, it won’t stop people buying them “illegally” or someone older buying them for them but it’s a good start to getting rid of smoking.
I smoked for 10 years before I managed to quit, the temptation is still there even to this day.
They are also reducing the amount of nicotine in cigerettes and reducing the number of places that can sell them.
I think it will definitely reduce smoking further there and they are on their way to phasing it out entirely. Once that happens, honestly I don’t think anyone will look back.
It had been proven that nicotine increase stress levels. You could make analogy with smoking to to wearing shoes two sizes smaller only to have a relief when you take them off. If you would wear normal shoes, you would not have the pain in the first place.
Using nicotine in any other form vaping like gums, tables, vaping etc. makes it only more difficult to actually stop.
I smoked last time around 14 months ago. Before, I tried to stop many times and was also “on and off” for long periods.
The thing that worked for me in the end was Allen Carr’s Easyway seminar. It’s around £300 and they do it via zoom as well. I know it’s lot of money, but with the price of tobacco, it’s going to pay itself. If it doesn’t work for you and you start smoking again, they will refund you the money.
I do like the idea , also I think it was Australia which increases the price of cigs each year so it’s less and less tempting and hoping that younger people don’t get into it due to cost.
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