Age limit now 21 instead of 18 in whole US for cigarettes, tobacco products

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

Good opportunity to make some easy money. Plenty of adults between 18-21 work and have money to pay people to get their smokes.

Thanks, government!

[–]Tiwaking 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Who voted for this?

[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Looks like it was already happening on the state-by-state level before it was passed federally: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/20/texas-raised-legal-smoking-age/

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

Fuck this so hard. Unless the draft age is also raised to 21, this is immoral. You can die for a country that won't even let you smoke on the way out.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

Agreed. You can work yourself literally to death, take out loans that have you shackled for life, but god forbid you inhale some smoke.

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    [–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

    Because the government treats us like children in inane matters, but then will send us to die in other countries for profit-based reasons at an even younger age than 21. You see no problem with this discrepancy?

    [–][deleted]  (12 children)

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      [–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

      It's almost 0:00 at your timezone...

      And?

      Oh I see. The US Army, because smoking not make you folks being healthy soldiers...

      No it's about the government limiting the freedoms of people, while simultaneously horribly exploiting them, while claiming to do it all for everyone's benefit. It's hypocrisy that angers me, not smoking

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        [–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

        Oh I understand your point now, they want to use them as objects and pretend to act like caring people.

        Yes exactly, I'm glad you see now. They are OK with 18 year olds getting shot invading Iraq (and will even give you a college scholarship for it), but smoking is over-21 only. Stupid. Every aspect of this society is designed to exploit people, and then they say they care about people's health by passing inane laws that restrict people even more. While ignoring the big problems, that they themselves are causing. It's so ridiculous.

        [–][deleted]  (8 children)

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          [–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

          What you can do should promote the idea of antiwar?

          Created saidit and /s/warwatch and then post things to it, to help other people see

          [–]m68k 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

          Just another way to make it easier for kids to go to jail.

          [–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

          No one is going to jail for smoking underage, I don't think... I think it's just fines

          [–]m68k 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          Fines that can lead people to jail one way or another.