- increased taxes
- pub and car bans
- a policy of denormalisation (no really - I'm not making that up!)
Imprisoning smokers
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Torturing Smokers
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Killing Smokers
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Sending Smokers to Hell
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Failure
Whatever authorities tried, people still smoked.[caption id="attachment_3272" align="aligncenter" width="246"] Nothing could stop smokers smoking.[/caption]
So perhaps it's not surprising that the smoking rate in Scotland has risen, not fallen, since the smoking ban was introduced.
Maybe it's also now time to tell smokers who can't give up nicotine, but would like to be healthier, about low risk but very enjoyable alternatives such as e-cigarettes and snus.
What do you think?
Will tax rises, graphic warnings and smoking bans succeed where prison, pain, torture, death and the threat of the hell have failed? Or will we continue our vices, no matter how much the fun police tries to stop us?