Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc...
by zhivota on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:05PM
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You don't need to prosecute any buyers at all though. All you need to do is make it illegal to sell in shops, and illegal to import. There will be a black market, sure, but how many people are going to go through the trouble and expense to source black market tobacco? Not that many. And everyone benefits because universal healthcare means everyone shares the cost of the health effects that are avoided.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc...
by monkeynotes on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:26PM
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Should mention the govt. has to find budget to fill the gap of tobacco budget, but they've been slowly doing this as demand has slumped since 2008.
Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc...
by badpun on Monday January 29, 2024 @05:01PM
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> how many people are going to go through the trouble and expense to source black market tobacco? Not that many.
Just see how many people already go through that trouble to source illegal drugs...