Everyone born after 2008 to be banned from smoking
austinallegro
13 points
2 comments
April 22, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
mothballed
King James tried something similar in the 17th century with taxes high enough that it effectively relegated smoking to the black market. With predictable success.
squigz
Discussion from yesterday, 375 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847240