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Post by AYC on May 5, 2016 7:15:30 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/california-raising-smoking-age-to-21.htmlI'm not a fan of this. While I understand the public health reasoning behind it, I'm really not a fan of the American mentality of "you're an adult at 18, but here's a long list of things you're not allowed to do until you're 21 because you're not mature enough and the state knows what's best for you." At this point I think it'd be more logically consistent to raise the age of majority and voting age back up to 21, or lower everything to 18. Ageism isn't wise or just.
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Post by lordroel on May 11, 2016 17:41:03 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/california-raising-smoking-age-to-21.htmlI'm not a fan of this. While I understand the public health reasoning behind it, I'm really not a fan of the American mentality of "you're an adult at 18, but here's a long list of things you're not allowed to do until you're 21 because you're not mature enough and the state knows what's best for you." At this point I think it'd be more logically consistent to raise the age of majority and voting age back up to 21, or lower everything to 18. Ageism isn't wise or just. Next stop those ugly Cigarette Boxes, so ugly i do not want to be banned for posting them here.
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Post by Epic History on May 17, 2016 3:09:00 GMT
I'm not a Californian (Thank God for that, no offense AYC), but I'm 18 and just got done smoking a Marlboro. So a little protest to the control freaks in Sacramento, as it were.
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Post by AYC on May 18, 2016 3:48:59 GMT
I'm not a Californian (Thank God for that, no offense AYC), but I'm 18 and just got done smoking a Marlboro. So a little protest to the control freaks in Sacramento, as it were. None taken, I lived in the South most of my life and have no desire to live there again for the same reasons you'd rather not live here.
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Post by spanishspy on May 21, 2016 1:59:16 GMT
Not a fan of this. Either equality for all post-18 years all, or raise the age. I don't like this inconsistency, as AYC says.
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