New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts

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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts
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The thing is, if you smoke outdoors, you are violating people's right to live in an clean environment and breathe fresh air. I don't care if you fuck yourself up in your own house, but the moment smokers smoke outside of their own homes, they are messing with the liberties of all other citizens.

You must really hate woodstoves and fire pits. Wait till you hear about internal combustion engines!

And those are banned in many places, except for engines, but there are changes in that department, too

Edit: I was wrong about the ban

Citation needed.

Good point, I found out to be wrong: https://emoffgrid.com/woodstove-ban/

There will be no ban on wood-burning stoves in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union.

They do try to minimize the air pollution by allowing only specific stoves and fuel, but there is no ban. Sorry for misinformation

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