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Old 05-12-2003, 19:46   #15
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Re: ban urged on smoking

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Originally Posted by towny
I don't think an outright ban is practical. By all means ban it in public - I, too, hate coming home from an evening out smelling like an ashtray just so people nearby can enjoy committing slow suicide - but if people want to do it at home, and contribute a fortune to the exchequer at the same time, thus helping keep my taxes lower ... well, I can live with that.
I think the only way to ban it would be a rolling ban, move the age limit up a year each year until everyone is excluded. That way the country could adjust slowly to the change in tax revenue slowly.
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