CHRONIC. Should we move towards a tobacco ban?

Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din

Main argument against this measure: the risk of relaunching the black market. An argument all the stronger given that at a time when many states are trying to fight against cannabis sales networks, creating a new underground market seems to be going in the wrong direction. On the other hand, the analogy with Prohibition (ban on the sale of alcohol in the United States between 1920 and 1933) works quite poorly, for a simple reason: the decision taken this week is supported by a majority of British people. 59% are in favor, according to a survey for the Daily Telegraph. Furthermore, we know that one in two people, on average, want to quit smoking and regret having started, according to a study published in 2020 in the journal Public health. In this sense, it is not absurd to consider radical measures against smoking.

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