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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea not everything is a partisan issue, and this seems like a good thing? Antismoking efforts have largely been successful in a lot of places.

It's not one of those things where someone is choosing to harm themselves only. Smoking affects the people around you

[–] ThePenitentOne@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many people like to portray everything as a 'personal choice' while ignoring all said implications to others. Very rarely does something only actually impact you.

[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With enough hoop jumping anything can have a terinary chain of impact if you need to justify your cause.

[–] ThePenitentOne@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

Too many people use it as a cop-out to avoid being accountable. It's like when meat eaters say it's a 'personal choice.' Like yeah, it is a choice you mean, but it also implicates other things not only you.