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minus-square000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNot necessarily. People could actually start smoking more because tax free cigarettes are astronomically cheaper
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAre people smoking less weed now it's legal in many US states? Where do you think tax free cigarettes are going to come from?
minus-square000999@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThey are either domestic bootlegs or imports. If cigarettes were actually fully banned, organized crime groups would begin mass cigarette smuggling and manufacturing operations. Sounds ridiculous, but it's true
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPeople don't enjoy or need smoking that much, so no. And my first question?
Not necessarily. People could actually start smoking more because tax free cigarettes are astronomically cheaper
Are people smoking less weed now it's legal in many US states?
Where do you think tax free cigarettes are going to come from?
They are either domestic bootlegs or imports. If cigarettes were actually fully banned, organized crime groups would begin mass cigarette smuggling and manufacturing operations. Sounds ridiculous, but it's true
People don't enjoy or need smoking that much, so no.
And my first question?