What if licorice or licorice candy replaced tobacco? What if people ate licorice candy or sucked on licorice drops the way people now or the way people used to smoke cigarettes?
Max Sinister said:I don't know why that would happen short of ASBs - licorice simply isn't addictive like tobacco.
The Mists Of Time said:What if licorice or licorice candy replaced tobacco? What if people ate licorice candy or sucked on licorice drops the way people now or the way people used to smoke cigarettes?
Hendryk said:All things being equal, a tobacco-free TL would definitely be a nicer one than ours, in which three million people a year die from smoking-related illnesses, and those of us who don't even have that noxious habit nonetheless have to put up with other people's smoke.
Any bad habit is fine as long as I'm not forced to partake of it. Sucking on liquorice, chewing khat, drinking mate, ingesting peyotl, anything goes as long as it only affects the consumer and not those around him/her.The Professor said:I'm sure there'd be some other bad habit people would take up![]()
Ah, but those three million a year keep the population from exploding waaay past the 6 billion mark within a few years. Imagine the hunger problems. It wouldn't just be 3rd world countries- it'd be 1st world too.Hendryk said:All things being equal, a tobacco-free TL would definitely be a nicer one than ours, in which three million people a year die from smoking-related illnesses,
What?!? Impossible! My beloved Haribo would never stoop so low! It's all lies, lies, good sir!About addiction, it's possible that Big Licorice would put additives in their licorice to make it more addictive.
What?!? Impossible! My beloved Haribo would never stoop so low! It's all lies, lies, good sir!
<scarfs down massive amount of Haribo liquorice wheels>
Haribo is already a dastardly company. I spent 2 weeks in Germany and spent more money on Goldbären than on anything else...
As to licorice, I think Jägermeister would be even more popular.