https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-targets-removal-of-most-nicotine-from-cigarettes-11655842130
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Rightoid supreme court targets shit that's been in effect for decades and decided to kick a hornets nest for what reason? no one knows because it's like they are out of touch and want to cause anger unnecessarily when things were settling down. Now we got leftoid Biden targeting shit unnecessarily that probs won't help much at all since IIRC nicotine isn't what gives you emphysema but hey now cigarette buyers will spend more for their habit.
I frickin hate politicians and hope they all keep themselves safe. So so sooo many things that could be a focus for them and they choose this shit.
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apparently burger moid testosterone levels are still too high
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Nicotine is the reason people smoke though. It's a slow de facto ban on cigarettes
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That's similar to the "good intentions, bad outcomes" story as to why they banned cigarette companies from advertising. Don't want to influence kids, so ban adverts (but that inadvertently solidified the incumbents' position in the market, so new entrants faced a higher barrier to entry). People still bought cigarettes because inelastic demand, so it was Great for an oligopoly. Regardless of that prohibition, kids found substitutes for nicotine products (thanks to substitutes), and the older people continued smoking. Cigarette consumption is down mainly because doctors say cancer bad, but that's not due to the advert ban...
Where's the net benefit?
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Will small amounts eliminate the addiction though? Nicotine is why people smoke, and this is like a taper down of any drug, but people who want to smoke will just be forced to buy more cigarettes. That doesn't matter to us non-smokers but people who have no interest in quitting will be forced to spend more. It's probably more of a win for cigarette companies. It's not like they will lower prices and users will just smoke more at a time.
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Smokers smell like shit though. Just make cigarettes out of nicotine and fentanyl. If they OD then problem solved
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This is basic skinner box behavior. You reduce the stimulus/reward and you reduce the reinforcement of the behavior.
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It's been a long time since I smoked, and I was never a mega smoker, but I think they would get sick after so many. I never could smoke more than two in a row without getting ill, and I imagine someone chasing the nicotine high going for five might feel the same way even if they are more hard core than I was.
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Idk I think that's the idea behind it.
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Research is mixed. Tobacco smoke is uniquely addictive - hence not everyone switched to vapes.
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Just quit smoking?
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oh get off your high horse half this forum is addicted to prescription drugs don't take this native American delicacy away from us
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Not our fault you are poor and are reduced to self medicating
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I don't smoke. Smoking is pooyuck.
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Shut up black lung!
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Right, which will increase their risk of cancer.
Hey maybe they should triple the tax on cigarettes, so everyone shifts to Chinx E-cigs with industrial lube-nicotine.
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I unironically think they have some back room deal where neither side is allowed to get too far ahead the other, so when one peepees up massively the other has to do something stupid as well
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Chill bro, have a cig
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