Biden administration dropping plan to ban menthol cigarettes: Report - eviltoast
  • shortwavesurfer@monero.town
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    7 months ago

    I consider a store to be more of a corporation because of the fact that I can’t go up and talk to the individual who runs the thing in most cases.

    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      It depends on the size of the store, but that isn’t necessarily true. A lot of convenience stores are franchises, and you definitely could talk to the owner.

      My point isn’t really to define what a store is, but rather to point out that it is really tricky to place blame appropriately when you are banning a substance that people want to buy. How far down the chain do you prosecute?

      Much better to simply teach people the truth about their health and let them make their own decisions rather than try to control and blame, in my opinion.

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        7 months ago

        Fair enough, I generally think prosecution is a bad idea if it can be at all avoided because then taxpayers have to pay for that person to be prosecuted in court and if they end up guilty have to keep them in jail and I don’t agree with that if it can be avoided.