Every single tobacco control measure (point of sale display, smokefree public spaces, vending machine ban, increasing age of sale to 18, standard packaging, ban on menthol cigarettes) the tobacco industry shils trot out the line it would lead to an increase in illicit trade.

I’ve reached full “Did you touch the thermostat?!” m.youtube.com/watch?v=CiMH...

How cuts to youth clubs affected teen crime and education @theifs.bsky.social ifs.org.uk/articles/how... - did not just serve as ‘holding spaces’ - also positive activities and structured support - closures create greater societal costs than the sums saved from public spending by their closure