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Comment by slibhb

4 hours ago

You could use this logic to ban unhealthy foods, or restrict people from eating too much.

Or to resist ever passing a national health system.

  • There is something insidious about the state forcing a citizen to pay for its services, only turn around and insist that the use of said services entitles the state to further control of the citizen.

Considering the general state of the UK population, this may not be such a bad idea.

This is just whataboutism, but the UK also regulates sugar in fairly draconian ways too, for example.

There are good reasons to target smoking given how addictive and deadly it is. Nicotine is fairly unique in this regard.

  • It's reductio ad absurdum. Obesity is really bad for you and strains public health services. Should the government enforce a cap on caloric intake?