The anti-paternalist may still complain that we permit other risky practises, such as hang-gliding, which also place burdens on the health system when the inevitable crashes occur
Unlike Brookline, New Zealands policy will not include a ban on e-cigarette sales
This is not nannyism but justified state paternalism
The laws work by raising the legal purchase age for tobacco by one year, every year, effectively ensuring that anyone born after a specific cutoff datemost commonly January 1, 2000can never legally buy tobacco products in those towns, for the rest of their lives
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That was left for another day