• Absolutely authoritarian.

    Education campaigns are far more effective with far less pushback than draconian bans. Let people choose for themselves.

    I remember constant campaigns in the past trying to convince the public of the ills of smoking, and it (slowly) appeared to be working. Then vaping came along, and instead of continuing the education campaigns, the health departments tactics seemed to change to “take up vaping, it’s better than smoking”.

    And now, it may just be anecdotal, but smoking appears to me at least, to be on the rise again. I wonder why?

    • Yeah bloody government, making laws, making people’s lives better, how dare they.

      I liked it back in the old days when 4-year-olds worked down the pit and no one back an eyelid, and then died quietly of tuberculosis. Snowflakes these days…