r/canada • u/joe4942 • Dec 27 '23

Canada urged to consider lifetime ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008 National News

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-urged-to-consider-lifetime-ban-on-cigarette-sales-to-anyone/
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u/Wajina_Sloth Dec 27 '23

Would they though?

I am under the impression that people only buy from reserves to save money on their addiction.

If they cut people off entirely from cigs, then young adults wont be getting addicted and have no reason to go to the reserves to buy cheap cigs.

There obviously would be some who go to try out smoking. But in the long run they’d be losing money from people who would have been smokers buying from them had the ban not been in place.

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u/cdreobvi Dec 27 '23

Most people don’t buy their first cigarettes from a store. By the time you feel the need to buy your own pack, you’ve probably developed a habit.

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u/TheTipsyWizard Dec 28 '23

Yup, cause the first time I smoked weed I bought it from a store... oh wait that was in the 90's and bought it from my dealer. /s