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How is nicotine legal? (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just got up and took about 7 big huffs on a vape while making a coffee. 2% strength and my vision went, everything went black I started blacking out against the kitchen counter. Had to kneel down and wait for it to pass before standing up to finish my coffee. Fucked it up in a cloud of confusion and drank a warm milk.

How the fuck is nicotine legal?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Because it’s a major export and cash crop with significant cultural value. Banning it would go like banning alcohol did

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I like how you brought up culture because tobacco used to be used almost exclusively for ceremonial/spiritual purposes and now people are basically pissing all over that by using it the way they do.

[–] flambonkscious 1 points 7 months ago

Really? I don't disagree, but this isthe first ive heard of tobacco having a cultural value... i'm off down a rabbit hole

(the american indian people's have some religious angles for it, it turns out)