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Re:The Disappearance of the Ashtray by leokennis on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:53AM (#34502055)
In The Netherlands it's embarrassing. They basically had to beg supermarkets to stop selling cigarettes and then give them a years long transition period.

It could be very easy. Ban the sales of tobacco to everyone born after "YYYY", make cigarettes cost €50 per pack, make smoking when not allowed a €100 fine, deposit all tax from tobacco sales into a national program where people get free "exercise credits" to be redeemed at fitness studios etc.

Re:The Disappearance of the Ashtray by aembleton on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:01AM (#34502530)
At €50 per pack people would buy them on the black market.
Re:The Disappearance of the Ashtray by yurishimo on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:06AM (#34502567)
It definitely was something that surprised me when I moved here. Even among young people, it seems to be fairly popular.

Could another option be a higher `Eigen Risico` for smokers? I don't know if that could even be enforced.

Re:The Disappearance of the Ashtray by fknorangesite on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:40AM (#34506029)
> Ban the sales of tobacco to everyone born after "YYYY"

This is what New Zealand just did: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/new-zealand-pa...