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Wtf, it's difficult to imagine a more directly harmful and scientifically evidenced habit.
absurd
Alcohol.
Alcohol is indeed bad for you, but not on the level of cigarettes. Cigarettes are intentionally filled with additive chemicals that both cause them to be hyper addictive and substantially raise the risk of cancer. They are designed to be deadly from the ground up in the name of making a few extra bucks.
Vast sums of money have also been spent on inveigling the public into believing that cigarettes are better for you than they actually are, up to and including the purchasing of scientists to draw false conclusions in public studies in order to present cigarettes as healthy.
The sheer maliciousness of the cigarette industry is shocking and terrible, I just don’t think there’s a real comparison here.
Also, tobacco is a lot harder to grow and process than alcohol. I've got everything I need in my house right now to mix up a batch of mead, and I don't even have any specialized equipment. A quick trip to the hardware store and I've got a still. It's also not like weed where you can have a plant in a closet and get a couple months worth of flower.
As someone who struggles with alcohol, ban that shit as well...
My heart goes out to you because alcohol is a cruel mistress.
But banning a substance never works, if it did we wouldn’t have people addicted to illegal substances.
...unless it's nicotine, because that's different, for some reason
I appreciate the sentiment but I hold down a full time job (I absolutely don't drink on the job. I work heavy machinery) and have a normal (as it gets) family life... I should just drink less.
So drink less, don’t ban it for everyone else.
lol except tabacco for some reason right?
You’re the second person to talk about cigarettes which I’m pretty sure I haven’t mentioned.
Am I missing something here?
I’m not for banning anything besides personal WMDs and carnies.
I think it was the vibe of the thread
Because that worked so well before.