The U.K. Smoking Ban Is Illiberal

(theatlantic.com)

8 points | by JumpCrisscross 1 hour ago

4 comments

  • fancyfredbot 14 minutes ago
    Shocking. They'll be banning cocaine and heroin next!
  • clutter55561 51 minutes ago
    This is stupid. Smoking has high social negative externality. It causes cancer to the smoker and to others around the smoker. Who pays for the treatment of those affected? All tax payers.

    Want to die? Die fast, not in a way that waste everyone’s money, and don’t take others with you.

    • mytailorisrich 37 minutes ago
      In the UK it is forbidden to smoke in public places and the revenue from taxes on cigarettes is several times what the healthcare service spends on smoking-related illnesses.

      So I'd say things are already exactly as you wish.

      • greggoB 25 minutes ago
        > the revenue from taxes on cigarettes is several times what the healthcare service spends on smoking-related illnesses.

        I'd be interested to see this - you have a source you can link for it?

  • busterarm 1 hour ago
    Liberalism left UK politics decades ago and their voters practically begged for it.