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Friend sent me this from NY Long Island paper:

While NYS DMV says the Mobile IDs are safe, some critics argue the digital driver's license poses personal privacy and security concerns.

Digital IDs are not yet widely accepted as proof of identity. More than 25 states have adopted or are moving toward adopting the virtual IDs.

The digital IDs can be accessed by cellphones to quickly identify the holder while traveling, at bars, stores that sell liquor and tobacco products, doctor's offices & more - as long as the business decides to accept them. More than 20 airports accept the ID including NYs Kennedy & LaGuardia.

Since then, social media has lit up with concerns that the virtual IDs will serve an authoritarian government at the cost of personal privacy, including calling digital IDs "deep state psyops."

The conservative Rebel News website is pushing a petition claiming digital IDs "call for invasive collection of biometric markers, location data, banking information and vaccination records... digitization will surely have dire consequences for our lives as governments assert more power over us."

But the concern is broader. The NY Civil Liberties Union alerted the DMV about "urgent concerns" five months before the state announced the program. The group called for investigation, public debate and a full balancing of benefits and costs of the program before it was made public. "Without public debate or discernible legal and technical.

The company contracted to provide Mobile ID is Idemia Identity and Security USA, part of a French-based global company. Idemia has several contracts with the state for facial recognition, fingerprinting and other security programs.

The NYCLU's concern isn't just what Mobile ID can do now, but what in can do in the near future, said Daniel Schwarz, senior privacy and technology strategist. "The technology needs to be open sourced, revealing its full capabilities, and that state legislation is needed to provide safeguards."

1st, Can we MAKE someone quit? What sin tax percentage is it going to take to make them quit or are subsidies for tobacco farmers the real problem? Tobacco use is linked to HALF A MILLION deaths annually in the US alone.

Are people who can't quit "weak"?

FYI: smoking cessation products and programs are subsidized under MANY health insurance plans in the U. S. Almost all health insurance plans cover tobacco cessation treatments. Additionally, "Pay to Quit" direct cash programs have been shown to improve cessation rates among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults.

Is it the (declining) social acceptability of cigarettes that's the problem? FYI: Smokers, if you wanna get laid quit NOW! A Match. com survey revealed:
• 57% of survey respondents said they would NEVER date a smoker
• 89% of respondents preferred not to date a smoker
• 56% of women surveyed would NEVER date a smoker
• 46% of men would NEVER date a smoker

Currently in the USA, the FEDERAL tax is $1.01 per 20 pack of cigs. The lowest STATE tobacco tax in the USA is in Missouri, at $0.17 per pack of cigs. NY is $5.35 per pack. Accordingly, the average price of a pack of cigs in Missouri is $6.11, while in NY it is $11.96.

Profitability varies, as an example, in 2018, Imperial Brands reported a profit margin of 46%. Retailers, however, often experience low profit margins, typically between 4-6%.

Is all of this for nothing because of the rise of vaping?

E-cigarette products can have markups as high as 400% and HAVE NO federal taxes. State taxes vary from 95% of the product to a.05¢ nickel per product. Worldwide smoking trends are declining, though the number of smokers remains high. As of 2020, 22% of the world
used tobacco w/ significant gender differences: 37% of men & 8% of women smoked. Smoking prevalence has decreased by 27% for men and 38% for women since 1990.

Dare I ask about your views if you see a pregnant woman smoking? 😳

Someone I know had a battery short out while in their pocket and got quite burned up. I didn't notice any restrictions of these units on carry on baggage so wonder how dangerous they really are. Have you seen them go up in flames?

https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/products-ingredients-components/tips-help-avoid-vape-battery-or-fire-explosions

I don't vape, all smoking is anethema to me.

What I mean is Canada’s legalized it. Mexico’s legalized it, several states in the US have legalized it, but very few places elsewhere have legalized it outside North America.

Why is that? Why is it mainly just a North American thing?

Anyway I’ve heard that medically marijuana has really helped some people in great pain it’s just I really feel as though there needs to be far more oversight of the industry.

It’s far too easy to get a medical card. All you need is a state ID to apply for a card and you can just BS your way through and say you’ve tried all sorts of therapies and medications to treat depression and anxiety and they will take you at your word and you don’t have to prove a thing.

I mean my friend from Texas even outright told me he lied his way through and got the med card just so he could have cheaper and stronger quality marijuana available.

But I highly doubt he’s the only one who has done that.

Anyway, the medical stuff can be really strong to a point that’s just unsafe.

While there haven’t been any recorded deaths from marijuana, as I found out the hard way, that doesn’t mean you can’t overdose on it and experience high levels of pain for hours on end.

Hell I went to the ER and they even told me that medically there is no way for them to flush out marijuana from a person’s system if they take too much.

You just have to let time pass and experience the pain for however long that could be. Potentially over 24 hours as was my case.

But I find it ironic how when you go to buy tobacco products from the store there’s a million warning labels about all the health complications that might result from use but absolutely nothing of the sort exists with weed.

I mean as I described in my whole op-ed here, it’s possible to overdose on weed. Yet they don’t even have warning labels about it on their product.

And not just that but apparently the stuff they sell in stores nowadays is about 3x stronger than the stuff hippies were consuming in the 70s and 80s.

If you use tobacco products, do you like cigarettes or cigars? Let the drinkers also write their brand. I don't use tobacco products and never will. i don't like both.

If truth in advertising became the norm, which ad campaign would sell more cigarettes?

I simulate vaping by holding my fist up to my mouth, taking a deep breath and holding my breath then exhaling.

Some students who don't know I used to Vape think I am trying to act "Cool" and ACT like a Vaper when actually what I am doing is stopping my urge to start actually Vaping again by only mimicking the actions that I associate with what I used to do when I did Vape.

A annoying thing is that, once I explain to students, they do a full 180 and suddenly realise they were completely wrong to try and assume my actions were to act cool when in reality it is my coping method.

Another thing that REALLY annoys me is people who say that only gay people Vape, there is a massive amount of people who Vape and I can tell you already that I know lots of people in college who Vape that are DEFINITELY NOT GAY.

what is even remotely gay about Vaping? if you decide to say it smells fruity then, yeah? People as a whole prefer a more pleasant odour when they are in places, so of course when a product that still provides Nicotine but gives off almost ANY scent you want when you boil it, of course people would favour to it.

And I am not saying this like it is bad to be gay, I am Bi-sexual, I am saying this because it is a STUPID thing to associate gay people with when so many straight people also use them, it is not exclusive to gay people.

I also feel obligated to state:
Vaping supposedly less harmful than smoking, this does not mean it is safe.

An E-cigarette heats nicotine extracted from tobacco, flavourings and other chemicals to create the aerosol you inhale. Regular tobacco cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic.



As for this post, I am not relapsing into Vaping as of yet, hopefully never, but I don't know.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/5-truths-you-need-to-know-about-vaping