Tad hysterical, don’t you think?
College of Public Health Medicine president Sir Collin Tukuitonga has said the reversal of the smokefree amendments would result in about 1000 extra deaths over the next decade, mostly Māori, and cost the health system $1.3 billion.
Calling that a “genocide” is a bit ridiculous.
How else does one end cycles of addiction, though? White it would create a black market, it works to end generational smoking. Think about the big picture here
Reintroducing smoking is so backwards, this is simply stealing from the future (the money this introduces now will create a burden on the health system by orders of magnitude, I imagine).
I get that it’s classic labour nanny-stating, but there’s really no good reason to smoke, it’s just a problem that capitalism has created by trying to sell junk for profits
Edit: just re-read your comment - I agree with the specialist retailers for sure. Chuck it straight onto the degenerate vape shops, regulate them, etc…