New York City Council raises age to buy cigarettes to 21

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Good move, it's pretty stupid the age for tobacco is lower than alcohol. Obviously the alcohol purchasing age should be dropped too but that's not something NYC can handle.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Strawman. I support an 18 age for voting, contracts and buying alcohol (and marijuana too). Just not tobacco.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Also tobacco is utterly finksing disgusting trash. Sickening worthless garbage. Why should i give an inks if that repellent filth is further restricted?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If tobacco was illegal and marijuana was legal there'd be no black market for tobacco like there is with marijuana now. No one would have desire to smoke cigarettes if they were illegal, it's not a "fun" drug.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The problem I have with tobacco that makes it so much different from other drugs is it's so pointless. It just makes you smell bad and kills your lungs. That's it. No cool highs or hallucinations or nice effects from it. Get high all you inksing want and I don't care but there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to smoke cigarettes. The only reason people smoke is because of marketing and making it "cool" to get them started and hooked. None of that would happen if it wasn't legal. The only reason there's a tobacco black market now is people who are already hooked want to buy it cheaper. There's a reason why in the last 40 years tobacco consumption has halved, while marijuana and alcohol consumption rates have basically remained the same.

There's a reason why the US and Canada have virtually identical marijuana and alcohol consumption rates, but in the US tobacco has about a 20% higher tobacco consumption rate. In addition to Canadian tobacco taxes being far higher than just about anywhere in the US the packaging and marketing is far more restricted.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Ban cigarettes! Legalise marijuana!

'Ram a spliff up big tobacco's arse! Support small, independent Columbian business!'

Colombia is where cocaine comes from, not pot. There's no point in smuggling pot all the way from Colombia when it can be grown quite easily domestically. Even in terms of weed imported to the US more comes from Canada than any other country.