Watch live: Government to ban tobacco sales to young people for their lifetime

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Fittingly, I just finished a cigarette.

I'd like to make fun of the kiwis here, but the US is heading that way too. Or was, smoking is up for the first time in a long time thanks to covid.

First they came for the smokers and I didn't care because I was a smoker. But they didn't just go after the smokers right off. They waged a campaign against smoking for decades and shut it down little by little, turned the public against smoking.

Think about the other unhealthy things you do enjoy doing (I mean in general, seem to be quite a few smokers here). Alcohol is the obvious next choice to try to phase out.

[–]Tiwaking[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Things the New Zealand Government would LOVE to phase out:
1. Smoking
2. Drinking
3. Privately Owned Cars

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Do you smoke? Do you garden? I love love love making cigg tobacco blends from tobacco leaves. It's kinda hard to supply your own stuff entirely without a bit of room. But damn it seems fun to try even if you don't.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I can grow tobacco flowers find in my garden so I guess I could grow a crop.

The trouble is I don't smoke.

Possibly you could wrap food in the leaves to give it a flavour, like they do with banana leaves.