Re:The Economist tracks excess deaths
by kspacewalk2 on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:02PM
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> but just banning smoking would save more lives than covid took away.
... Assuming people wouldn't buy on the black market, drive down to Croatia, Italy or Austria to replenish their supply, etc.
Re:The Economist tracks excess deaths
by ajsnigrutin on Monday December 27, 2021 @08:25PM
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If you did an age-ban (anyone born after 2003 can't buy them), there'd probably be less younger smokers, because driving across the border takes time and money.
In my country (Slovenia), cigarettes kill more people than covid did (in the last 2 years)... we had huge lockdowns, and pointed the fingers at anyone who ignored some of the rules (even though our constitutional court ruled afterwards that most of the lockdowns were unconstitutional), but just banning smoking would save more lives than covid took away.