[jacobgkau]

Funny you should say that, when the article specifically mentions how people said the same thing about "attempting" to ban tobacco cigarettes in schools last century, and how-- lo and behold-- while cigarettes do still exist, they're now considered socially unacceptable for students to use by all involved parties, and the percentage of students using them is negligible.

I don't necessarily agree with the article's assertion that cigarettes and cell phones are the same kind of problem in need of the same kind of solution (since phones have legitimate use cases outside of the problematic ones, and cigarettes don't). Just wanted to point out that the article specifically called out your argument, and you seem to draw a different conclusion about reality (war on drugs failed) than the article (students no longer smoke).

[Ancapistani]

> while cigarettes do still exist, they're now considered socially unacceptable for students to use by all involved parties, and the percentage of students using them is negligible.

Cigarettes have been almost entirely replaced by vapor products, which are arguably more popular than cigarettes have been in decades.

The bans weren’t effective; by the time they were in place, an new generation of products had already arisen and replaced the targets of those bans. Meanwhile, vapes are banned as well, but are ubiquitous.