Comment on They now put ads in cigarettes

• activ8r@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is wrong to sell addictive substances to addicts.
  Sure, adults have the right to smoke if they want. They are, of course, adults. But that doesn’t make it okay for tobacco companies to advertise harmful and addictive substances to anyone, least of all the people who are already addicted.

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  • AccountMaker@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sure, adults have the right to smoke if they want

    Even if it forces everyone in the vicinity to inhale that crap? Smoking has one distinct feature in that it harms not just the user, but everyone around as well.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Being an addict does not make a person an invalid. An addict is still an adult capable of consenting.

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    • x4740N@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Addicts are not in proper mental capacity to make an informed decision especially when in a state of withdrawl

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• bi_tux@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They are burning in hell for:

  • putting ads in my cigarettes
  • being a big greedy company

  They are not burning in hell for:

  • selling tabacco in the first place

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  • Wirrvogel@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    selling cigarettes to children:
    tobaccofreekids.org/…/2023_12_08-social-media-rep…

    “The findings of this report make it crystal clear: Big Tobacco is going all-in to target youth on social media and it has to stop,” said Yolonda C. Richardson, president and CEO of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. “Tobacco companies are among the most sophisticated advertisers in the world – marketing that reaches millions of kids does not happen by accident. Governments need to urgently address tobacco marketing online and ensure that social media companies are held legally accountable for the tobacco and nicotine marketing appearing on these platforms.”

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    • bi_tux@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wasn’t aware of that, but yeah, that’s a good point

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  • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are you a bisexual penguin from Germany?

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    • bi_tux@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah, I’m from austria

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• macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If everyone existed in a bubble then that would be true. Unfortunately your smoking affects others. If you only ever do it outside away from others then it’s probably only causing health problems for you, but that’s still putting load on the health system. However I’m overweight so it would be hypocritical of me to admonish you too much on that front. If you smoke indoors and near other people then you are making everyone smoke for your own satisfaction.

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