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by magicGLASSman 3771 days ago
Yeah, because having the goverment regulate something makes it stop. That is like saying no one is using drugs now because of the war on drugs.
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Anti-smoking regulation has been extremely successful in places like Australia. Very few young adults smoke there - Especially when compared to Europe.

Regulation is extremely effective if done correctly and full-heartedly. The problem isn't regulation - It's that the government doesn't actually want to fix certain issues and so it implements half-ass "regulation" just to satisfy the public on a superficial level - This is certainly the case with the gambling industry which the government actually depends on for tax dollars and funding political campaigns.

That's the point I'm trying to make; the government should start caring about its people and implement serious regulation to protect them.