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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Most drugs are prohibited in most countries, throughout most of history.

You're thinking specifically of American alcohol prohibition in the 1920s. It is you who is projecting americanism.