Comment by flowerthoughts
5 hours ago
In a few years, they'll realize that the savings from public health care now requires an an even higher amount of money poured into the police, customs and justice systems to enforce it. Because suddenly, there are these weirdos trying to sell it in dark places. Who could anticipate that?
But that's for another government to deal with, of course. Not our problem. Oh, and the future government will be happy to announce they are giving funding that will go to new jobs!
I propose a ban on people that use bans as a brain-less cheap way of fixing complex issues.
> an even higher amount of money poured into the police
Given the massive cost smoking imposes on the health sector, I find it hard to believe that's remotely possible.
2B if you tease the reality out of the oft misreported figure, and the annual rake from smoking is 8-10B so it is profitable to maintain it.
This enforcement costs argument is wrong. The point is not to enforce such a ban, it's to signal where the collective consensus is.