NZ to ban smoking tobacco by '25

[innsaneink]

New Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco.............

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/09/new-zealand-to-ban-smoking-for-next-generation-in-bid-to-outlaw-habit-by-2025

 

[innsaneink]

Good idea imo.... It won't be without problems and the black market will surge... But I think this will help a lot of people kick the habit.
It's not impossible to quit

 

[das tigers]

Yeah I agree,Quit 6 years ago and glad i did.

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Read about this and it will be interesting how it plays out long term. Kids have always found a way to buy smokes but the more hassle there is the less people will do it especially adults. Could you imagine being 45 and being asked for ID to buy smokes

 

[Oggyz]

I quit the smokes, billys and heroin in the same year. That was fun.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I’ve smoked here and there. Never gotten an addiction.

 

[Buttface]

I have smoked a bit of everything and still do when occasions arise. The idea is to never become addicted, once addicted you’ve ruined it. Moderation is the key. I hope this never happens here. It’s just another way governments control their citizens.
No, I am not antivaxer.
Merry Xmas fellow Tigers.

 

[tig_prmz]

What's the expiration date with cigarettes? I'm guessing there would be a surge in production with the look to put it in the black market and people stock piling.

Just by making it illegal, I have a feeling the demand may not subside.

 

[hank37w]

Best way to make people want something badly (especially young people) is to make it illegal.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I Quit the smokes 6 years ago read the Allan Carr Easyway method it worked well was easier than patches and other replacement therapy

 

[das tigers]

I Quit the smokes 6 years ago read the Allan Carr Easyway method it worked well was easier than patches and other replacement therapy

Good book,read it also.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I Quit the smokes 6 years ago read the Allan Carr Easyway method it worked well was easier than patches and other replacement therapy

Good book,read it also.

I would recommend it has helped 3 others that I know of quit

 

[bathursttiger1]

I Quit the smokes 6 years ago read the Allan Carr Easyway method it worked well was easier than patches and other replacement therapy

I quit when I was 12 after my dad caught me, his number 10 work boots did wonders.
Now I thank him.

 

[cktiger]

Quit 15 years ago and still got throat cancer.
Not sure about banning it ... makes it more attractive to a lot of people.
What we are doing here is working.

 

[innsaneink]

I gave it away about 16 years ago after I had to quit the booze and rec drugs.... Tobacco was definitely the hardest to kick

 

[Tim Sheens]

I quit the smokes, billys and heroin in the same year. That was fun.

Big effort. Always resisted meeting Harry as I am very susceptible to others charms, though knew most of his family pretty well over the years.

Great decision by NZ to do good for the health of their community and for mine that is what governments are for, with advertising bans and plain packaging of ciggies good governance on our shores previously.

9 years since my last ciggie come Boxing Day.

 

[matchball]

I’ve smoked here and there. Never gotten an addiction.

Define addiction?
It can be anything not just drugs. Too much TV, sex and even food or browsing this forum.
You have an addiction you just fail to realise.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I’ve smoked here and there. Never gotten an addiction.

Define addiction?
It can be anything not just drugs. Too much TV, sex and even food or browsing this forum.
You have an addiction you just fail to realise.

I meant to smoking

 

[mikey]

I’ve smoked here and there. Never gotten an addiction.

Define addiction?
It can be anything not just drugs. Too much TV, sex and even food or browsing this forum.
You have an addiction you just fail to realise.

Didn't realise we knew each other. Yet you described me to a T. 🙂

 

[innsaneink]

I’ve smoked here and there. Never gotten an addiction.

Define addiction?

When too much of something begins to be a problem in your life