I think sometimes legislators dont think through the ways people can avoid these things as much. (The Department of Revenues chief economist, Kazim Ozyurt, made a similar point in a presentation before the Illegal Tobacco Commission in November: Tax avoidance appears to be unavoidable in general, one of his slides began, before detailing ways to mitigate it.) In this view, figuring out the right place to set a cigarette tax is less a matter of simply passing a law, and more about finding the right balance among public health, budget needs, and crime
When it comes to choosing between joints, blunts, and spliffs, theres no one-size-fits-all answer
Regular walks with a dog can encourage a more active lifestyle, supporting cardiovascular health by improving blood circulation, reducing blood pressure, and controlling cholesterol levels
In settings where smoking has historically been common and nicotine breaks are socially normalised, vaping may be added as a supplemental source of nicotine, particularly where smoke free rules restrict combustible use, offering a plausible pathway to dual use without implying a direct causal relationship [83]
