Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

  • ColeSloth
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    2 years ago

    At the cost of 50 years worth of current addicts smoking more.

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        2 years ago

        I doubt it. I think for most smokers, one cigarette does them for a while. I don’t see anyone stopping at half a cigarette, so I’d guess it would only get smokers used to taking more nicotine in at a time.

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            2 years ago

            Like I said. Mainly because if someone lights up, they’ll smoke the whole cigarette. Not half. But if they didn’t get enough nicotine from one, instead of not smoking again for a couple hours, they may smoke again after just 45 minutes or so. Or even start chain smoking.

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                2 years ago

                Smoking more IS the adjustment. Take some nicotine away, they’ll crave more nicotine.

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                  Or they’ll adjust to how much is in what they’re used to smoking. Their bodies will adjust. Because cravings are driven by exposure.

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                    And they’ll smoke more in order to get the exposure they’re used to.