> One of the reasons that we don't have Universal Healthcare in the US is that things that are categorically unhealthy would be prohibited from being sold.
For the most unhealthy class of people that are most affected by things like T2 diabetes, we have universal healthcare. At 65 you get Medicare which covers diabetes treatment.
We have yet to ban sodas despite the added cost to the taxpayers.
> I personally think mass scale tobacco and soda should not be sold, at the same time I think people can hand roll and pack a pipe into the grave. Same for their at home bathtub soda.
For tobacco, the age restriction has been the thing that has limited use more than anything. People don't tend to pick up smoking once they hit 21. Millennials by and large do not smoke and the anti-tobacco legislation in the 90s is a large part of that.
Unfortunately, because the legislation didn't target all nicotine products that left the door open for vape companies to come in and get Gen Z and Alpha addicted to nicotine all over again.
A broad ban on the sale of nicotine products to minors should be in place. It certainly shouldn't be sold over the internet.
Soda is trickier. I don't think an outright ban would be right (though it would have a fair number of positive health benefits). A sin tax would likely be ineffective and age checks seems like it would be somewhat burdensome.
> Unfortunately, because the legislation didn't target all nicotine products that left the door open for vape companies to come in and get Gen Z and Alpha addicted to nicotine all over again.
Gen Z and Alpha nicotine use rates are still lower than Millennials in absolute terms; it's happily not a huge problem (nevermind that stuff like Zyn is unambiguously much healthier than smoking cigs).
For the most unhealthy class of people that are most affected by things like T2 diabetes, we have universal healthcare. At 65 you get Medicare which covers diabetes treatment.
We have yet to ban sodas despite the added cost to the taxpayers.
> I personally think mass scale tobacco and soda should not be sold, at the same time I think people can hand roll and pack a pipe into the grave. Same for their at home bathtub soda.
For tobacco, the age restriction has been the thing that has limited use more than anything. People don't tend to pick up smoking once they hit 21. Millennials by and large do not smoke and the anti-tobacco legislation in the 90s is a large part of that.
Unfortunately, because the legislation didn't target all nicotine products that left the door open for vape companies to come in and get Gen Z and Alpha addicted to nicotine all over again.
A broad ban on the sale of nicotine products to minors should be in place. It certainly shouldn't be sold over the internet.
Soda is trickier. I don't think an outright ban would be right (though it would have a fair number of positive health benefits). A sin tax would likely be ineffective and age checks seems like it would be somewhat burdensome.