One of the arguments I made in my previous book is that even if you accept prohibition of nicotine products in principle, governments often ban the wrong ones in practice. Case in point: France banning just about the safest products possible (nicotine pouches) while having a relatively high smoking rate.

High-Smoking France Bans Disposable Vapes and Nicotine Pouches
France has banned the sale of disposable vapes, becoming the second country in Europe to do so. The law took ...
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