re: UK parliament one step closer to passing landmark smoking ban

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I get your point, but the problem is the slippery arse fricking slope that comes with that. Cigarettes, okay. What's next though, alcohol? Fast food? Sugars, carbs, etc.? next thing you know it's shite like "hate speech" and shite like that. Once that single inch is taken, the miles down the road come into play.

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Bingo

If the line of thinking was JUST limited to cigarettes/tobacco, I'd understand it. But it wouldn't be. We all got a glimpse of unfettered authoritarianism during the "panicdemic". "Public heath" was used as the basis to unilaterally enforce countless "laws" on free citizens. Hell, you had the CDC mandating that landlords could not evict delinquent tenants