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<blockquote data-quote="sugarless sue" data-source="post: 163748" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>Once again the Government are being hypocritical about smoking and drinking. If they really cared then they could just simply ban the sales of alcohol and tobacco (However we all know how the Volstead Act ended up !)</p><p></p><p>What they are doing is putting up taxes yet again, raising more money for the government revenue, because without the revenue from alcohol and tobacco they would be in serious trouble.</p><p>This will damage businesses, especially in a recession, and lead to more businesses going to the wall, more unemployment and more misery for those who can’t afford to buy food sometimes or pay their bills.</p><p></p><p>If you tell young people not to do something then you can bet they will ! Education from a young age is what is needed, trying to change the ‘macho’ culture where it is seen to be cool to binge drink and smoke as a sign of adulthood. Why should those who enjoy the occasional social drink be penalised because of bad behaviour amongst a minority ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugarless sue, post: 163748, member: 1210"] Once again the Government are being hypocritical about smoking and drinking. If they really cared then they could just simply ban the sales of alcohol and tobacco (However we all know how the Volstead Act ended up !) What they are doing is putting up taxes yet again, raising more money for the government revenue, because without the revenue from alcohol and tobacco they would be in serious trouble. This will damage businesses, especially in a recession, and lead to more businesses going to the wall, more unemployment and more misery for those who can’t afford to buy food sometimes or pay their bills. If you tell young people not to do something then you can bet they will ! Education from a young age is what is needed, trying to change the ‘macho’ culture where it is seen to be cool to binge drink and smoke as a sign of adulthood. Why should those who enjoy the occasional social drink be penalised because of bad behaviour amongst a minority ? [/QUOTE]
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