Prohibition never works, the best bet is to keep it legal and make it as inconvenient as possible like: raising taxes on tobacco, make it illegal to smoke outside of dedicated zones (Quebec has done it I believe), fine people who litter their cigarette butts (hard to implement but, it might deter a large majority from doing it), keep helping smokers to quit and keep raising awareness for younger people.

[–] nathris@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the way. There are so few places to smoke in BC that I pretty much only ever see people doing it 5 metres from a bus stop.

They are so expensive that the few people that still do it smoke maybe a pack a week.

We even banned the sale of no-nic vape juice because they were becoming a gateway to nicotine addiction for teenagers.

[–] ledtasso@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just visited Canada for 4 days, was around a lot of people and I only smelled smoke twice. Both times were outside the airport (once arriving and once departing).

[–] mwguy@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We even banned the sale of no-nic vape juice because they were becoming a gateway to nicotine addiction for teenagers.

That's crazy and backwards. Ecigs were a critical tool I used to kick a 2 pack a day habit. Vaping is the best smoking cessation system around.

[–] potato@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

except the ones using it don't even smoke rn.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago

Nah the best bet is to remove the profit motive. And through legal means execute every cigarette company owner or employee who covered up health risks for mass manslaughter.