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While obviously smoking is bad, how is this approach acceptable and not discrimination?

Imagine if the approach to getting rid of ICE cars was to say 'nobody born after this date will ever be permitted to drive one, but a person born one day earlier can' - there'd be massive outrage.

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It is discrimination. It is an acceptance that making current generations stop is more difficult than preventing future generations from starting.

>ICE cars

Common narrative is smoking is bad, whereas ICE cars still bridge a gap. ICE cars also aren't an addiction. The comparison is completely off the mark.

> ICE cars also aren't an addiction.

Given how difficult it is to find places in the US where you can have a car-free lifestyle, I would say they are, at least in the US.

Yeah but smokers are a minority (significant but small relative to the overall population) where as ICE cars are almost universal and actually serve a purpose to society, whereas smoking has no societal advantage beyond self pleasure/addiction.

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