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New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern
(www.independent.co.uk)
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That's fair if it harms no one else and costs true societal cost to do. Two giant ifs that are never true. Yesterday I inadvertently walked through a vape cloud at the entrance to my gym because you can't vape inside so they took a yuge puff just outside the door otw in. Secondhand happens and many smokers are totally indifferent about it.
The tax on cigarettes should cover the amortized lifetime health care cost added by taking on the added risk. If it's a million bucks to take care of a lung cancer victim at 65, add that cost less interest divided by the # of cigarettes smokes to the price of each one.