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by trebligdivad 50 days ago
It's going to make for an interesting future age verification problem; For a few years it'll be easy, because it's still only going to be asking people under say 25 for proof; but then in a few decades it's going to be people trying to figure out if there customer is over 40 say.
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Why would it be difficult? ID says 2009 or later and you can't buy? I would imagine checking age for tobacco becomes easier
True, but I think most people get addicted to smoking when young, and are less likely to just decide to start smoking at 40, especially when vaping is an option.
All legit customers will be long dead by then.