Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed by Gud on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @11:51AM (#47850523)

There is a big difference between weed and tobacco.

I am a fairly regular weed smoker. I used to grow my own. I used to smoke tobacco. I can go weeks, months and even years without smoking weed. Kicking my nicotine habit took many, many, many tries and I didn't even enjoy it! They are not the same.

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Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed by rcxdude on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @12:31PM (#47851076)

That's a different in the harm, not a difference in the effectiveness of prohibition. In fact, the more addictive the substance, the less effective I would expected prohibition to be (and the more ancillary harms to result, especially from criminalisation).

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