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by jimktrains2 2842 days ago
> What happened to being a free people who could make their own decisions?

I'm glad you have the time, knowledge, expertise, and experience to thoroughly investigate the safety and long term affects of every product you use on yourself, second hand effects on others, and the environment. Not everyone is so lucky to be blessed with so much time, energy, and knowledge that they themselves can do what thousands of people so full time.
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claydavisss 2842 days ago
The point is the government is not consistent about what is permitted and what is banned.

If you are banning vices that cause societal harm, alcohol is far ahead of anything else. DUI victims, destroyed families, physical abuse, homelessness...alcohol is reliably correlated to all of these but since it brings in lots of tax $$$ and educated voters enjoy their Pinot, we look the other way.

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danharaj 2842 days ago
They tried banning alcohol? It didn't work? It would be nice if alcohol consumption diminished, but that ship sailed sailed like, 9000 years ago.

But no, it's got to be the smarmy wine drinkers who read actual physical copies of the New Yorker.

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jimktrains2 2842 days ago
Where did I claim it was a perfect system? My point was that it's a better system than the alternative of everyone fending for themselves.

Also, alcohol sales and marketing are heavily regulated, along with tobacco.

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folkrav 2842 days ago
Then regulate the vaping industry as well. Outright banning it because of current issues is damn short-sighted.
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jimktrains2 2842 days ago
> The Food and Drug Administration is threatening to pull flavored electronic cigarettes like Juul off the market if the tobacco industry doesn’t do more to combat growing use of the products by children and teens.

They're not "Outright banning", they're threatening to if the industry is unable to stop advertising to or otherwise making it appeal children. This is par-for-course for how regulation works: you don't comply and refuse to become compliant, you can't do business.

They're not just destroying an entire industry without working with said industry to mutually reach their goals.

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