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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Most drugs are prohibited in most countries, throughout most of history.

You're thinking specifically of American alcohol prohibition in the 1920s. It is you who is projecting americanism.