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by toomuchtodo 3002 days ago
> I think a blanket ban on vapes for everyone under 18 and a ban on tobacco for 21 and older would probably have beneficial public health impacts.

That's a fair compromise, although I'd like an outright ban on cigarettes. If someone wants to vape to get their nicotine, or chew gum, fine (I am a supporter of safe recreational drug use). But smoking has been proven to be downright ruinous to your long term health.

Disclosure: I am putting a Kickstarter together to use GMOs to eliminate tobacco long term.

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> Disclosure: I am putting a Kickstarter together to use GMOs to eliminate tobacco long term.

Could you elaborate on this? It sounds interesting, but it also sounds kind of "Scorpio-like" [0] like you are some Bond villain plotting to take over the world's tobacco supply with a genetically modified super-tobacco that will strangle other tobacco at the roots unless farmers pay you for weed killer. [1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnod9vtB4xA

[1] https://www.roundup.com/en-us