Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
by BenjiWiebe on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:12PM
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It impacts first responders. Not only is it bad to respond to an accident with a fatality, it's worse if you can see the would've likely been fine had they worn a seat belt.
Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
by pigeons on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:56PM
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Remember when seat belt laws came out in the United States, they (at least in the states I was in) vehemently promised up and down that it would always be a secondary offense and never would be allowed to become a reason to pull you over?
The claim that "it impacts others" is, at very minimum, exaggerated, but just as often completely fabricated out of pseudoscience and absurd movie plots.
Smoking is heavily regulated because there was a resurgence of teetotaling in the late 20th century.