Tobacco ban may be hazardous to health
Being locked down with a smoker who has run out of smokes could be the way to epic civil disobedience
02 April 2020 - 05:00
Instituting and then reversing a ban on tobacco products shows masterful statecraft. Well, it would have if it had been planned, and if the reversal hadn’t been reversed.
Take all these things away from people — their freedom, their income, their alcohol and their cigarettes — then, after a few days, relent and tell them they can have their smokes back...
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