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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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[–] enitoni@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unlike cigarettes, cannabis has medical uses and is not nearly as harmful especially if you don't smoke it (vaping or edibles). It's not completely safe (hardly any drug is) but it's on a different level of safe compared to tobacco.