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Easy: sanction their asses. We banned CFCs, remember? We didn't even need 100% compliance to be effective at repairing the ozone hole!
> Think I’m wrong? Cigarettes and alcohol still kill people they’re just highly taxed.
Taxing alcohol and tobacco reduce their use, thereby reducing the harm they bring. [1] [2]
[1] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
[2] https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-publh...
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Easy: sanction their asses. We banned CFCs, remember? We didn't even need 100% compliance to be effective at repairing the ozone hole!
> Think I’m wrong? Cigarettes and alcohol still kill people they’re just highly taxed.
Taxing alcohol and tobacco reduce their use, thereby reducing the harm they bring. [1] [2]
[1] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
[2] https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-publh...