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  "path": "/t/uk-plans-to-pass-law-banning-anyone-born-after-2008-to-buy-cigarettes/37301?page=5#post_93",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T08:25:07.000Z",
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  "textContent": "I haven’t read all the replies non here so this isn’t aimed at anyone specific for specific reasons but I hear the drunk driver thing mentioned a lot when discussing smoking and I personally think its a weak argument if being used to compare to the dangers of cigarettes. A smoker could easily drop a cigarette while driving, try to grab it and run someone over while distracted. Same could happen while reaching for cigarettes or lighting them. Its a hypothetical\n\nWhat is absolute is smoking has zero redeeming qualities, it ruins the quality of life for everyone that does it, almost always kills them if not stopped, and is so dangerous it kills people that don’t do it purely by proximity\n\nAlcohol is bad in any amount, there is no safe level, smoking cigarettes is infinitely worse.",
  "title": "UK plans to pass law banning anyone born after 2008 to buy cigarettes"
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