The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway.
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Jessica Hamzelou
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MIT Technology ReviewThe UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway.technologyreview.comAs the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The five-year-old is given internet-based homework every week. And they are both absolutely repulsed by the idea of smoking. That was not the prevailing sentiment when I was young.…
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