A Clever Take On Stopping Smoking

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Russia has an interesting proposal, banning smoking for people born in 2014 and after, full stop. Will be watched by a lot of other countries to see if they can actually enforce it.

Brings to mind the old story from the days of Mao in China where the government sought to eliminate flies by mandating a 'kill quota' of 'X' number of lies to be killed by citizens (sorry, 'comrades') each day. I guess if you keep them occupied with busywork, the people won't notice waht else their government is doing...

Here is a link to a NY Times story on the ban:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/w...ttes.html?_r=0

I don't think a ban will work; we have two very large Russian settlements here in the Los Angels area, one in Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley, and one near where I live in the Hollywood/West Hollywood area; there is also a large settlement in the adjacent city of Glendale. After observing the residents of those areas for a number of years, I think you'll be able to get a gun out of the cold dead hands of an NRA member before you could make those walking chimneys give up their ciggies. There has been a law banning smoking in bars for years, but the Russians (along with a lot of Asian groups) try to defy the law. The management of the bars will often know of police or other enforcement visits beforehand and will hide the ash trays and packs of cigarettes away before the cops arrive; its like a 'cat and mouse game', reminiscent of those Prohibition scenes in old movies...

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

A coughing billboard. What will they think of next.

Maybe on that not only coughs, but also sprays you with water?...



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