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Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by dmurray on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:49AM (#27770730)
> No one is making similar arguments to ban tasty liquor.

People do make these arguments, and they catch on from time to time. There was a moral panic about alcopops in the 1990s in the UK [0]. They weren't banned by regulators but several supermarket chains stopped selling them.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23502892

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Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by Symbiote on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:51AM (#27770748)
Some supermarkets not selling them didn't last very long.

The government increased the tax on alcopops several times, but in the 00s the big drink companies started promoting Swedish i.e. sugary cider. Now your 1990s alcopop has some ös in the name and 10% added apple juice.

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