@thehatfox@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoNew Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cutswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down13cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.fooworld@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.onlineworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-square@Peppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year agoYou must really hate woodstoves and fire pits. Wait till you hear about internal combustion engines!
minus-square@CancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAll of those things serve a purpose. What purpose does smoking tobacco have?
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-21 year agoAnd those are banned in many places, except for engines, but there are changes in that department, too Edit: I was wrong about the ban
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoGood point, I found out to be wrong: https://emoffgrid.com/woodstove-ban/ There will be no ban on wood-burning stoves in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union. They do try to minimize the air pollution by allowing only specific stoves and fuel, but there is no ban. Sorry for misinformation
You must really hate woodstoves and fire pits. Wait till you hear about internal combustion engines!
All of those things serve a purpose. What purpose does smoking tobacco have?
And those are banned in many places, except for engines, but there are changes in that department, too
Edit: I was wrong about the ban
Citation needed.
Good point, I found out to be wrong: https://emoffgrid.com/woodstove-ban/
They do try to minimize the air pollution by allowing only specific stoves and fuel, but there is no ban. Sorry for misinformation