Prohibition part two let's do it

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm a little confused. Is this is a way to keep people who were born after the year 2000 from buying cigarettes //forever//?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm Australian and I've never heard about this. The big smoking controversy at the moment is plain packaging.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh. I just looked it up. We tend to ignore Tasmania, they're weird over there.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I had to no way this one. I understand the black market thing, but I think young people who didn't grow up around it being prevalent would go that out of their way. Sure, lots of people would use the black market, but I think it'd still be less than if it were legal.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Tell that to Portugal.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Don't know much about Australian laws and such but isn't that against an Australian's civil rights?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It would probably work since people that young aren't already addicted.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And young people in public schools are being well-educated on the dangers of tobacco.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's not even a good idea in theory. The government has no business trying to save people from themselves. Let people do what they want. Obviously this doesn't mean that there shouldn't be laws regarding where you can smoke, so as to limit the amount of secondhand smoke that others are exposed to. But banning cigarettes altogether is not a good idea, in theory or in practice.

by Anonymous 12 years ago