A couple of years ago, New Zealand annouced that from anyone born after 2009 would be unable to buy cigarettes.. eseentially ending smoking in NZ in a generation or 2.
But now theyve rescinded the law.. coz they need the tax money... FFS I may be remembering wrong but doesnt the cost of keeping smokers alive outweigh the revenues of taxing them?
Again, the obvious answer, legalise weed and tax it
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/new-zealand-scraps-world-first-smoking-generation-ban-to-fund-tax-cuts