Prohibition never works, the best bet is to keep it legal and make it as inconvenient as possible like: raising taxes on tobacco, make it illegal to smoke outside of dedicated zones (Quebec has done it I believe), fine people who litter their cigarette butts (hard to implement but, it might deter a large majority from doing it), keep helping smokers to quit and keep raising awareness for younger people.

[–] nathris@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is the way. There are so few places to smoke in BC that I pretty much only ever see people doing it 5 metres from a bus stop.

They are so expensive that the few people that still do it smoke maybe a pack a week.

We even banned the sale of no-nic vape juice because they were becoming a gateway to nicotine addiction for teenagers.

[–] mwguy@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We even banned the sale of no-nic vape juice because they were becoming a gateway to nicotine addiction for teenagers.

That's crazy and backwards. Ecigs were a critical tool I used to kick a 2 pack a day habit. Vaping is the best smoking cessation system around.

[–] potato@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

except the ones using it don't even smoke rn.

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