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Default Booze deregulation leads to 11% drop in violent crime

In article > "Andy Pandy" > writes:
>What is your prediction about what will happen to tobacco use rates if/when they ban
>smoking in pubs?
>
>What has the effect been of the *increasing* prohibition on smoking we've seen over
>the last 20 years or so?


Banning smoking in pubs isn't the same thing as prohibition.

If simply possessing tobacco landed you in jail, THAT would be prohibition.

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