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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
so how do you explain the law on tobacco for minors then? it's not illegal for someone under 18 to have a cigarette, but it's illegal for them to buy it or to sell it to them
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Same reason it's illegal to smoke in most public places these days - health concerns. Tobacco is a huge health care burden, it's in the goverments best interest to target the ages where people start to smoke - it's why advertising is illegal etc...
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