Cigarettes have been age restricted for around 100 years. Not related to your 1990 to 2020 time period at all.
If you weren't aware, smoking became uncool a long time ago. Teens who consume tobacco use vapes or Zyn now.
If you weren't aware, smoking became uncool a long time ago. Teens who consume tobacco use vapes or Zyn now.
But yeah, smoking is on the rise. I'm a youngish person and whenever I go out and meet others, it's quite rare for someone to turn down a cig.
Do you think that pornographers and social networks are desperate for child users, and that they provide a significant amount of income? Do you think that rooting everyone's computer so the sites can comply by flipping a switch and never have to hear about this again will bother them in the slightest, except for pornographers being afraid that adults afraid to lose their anonymity will stop visiting?
Social media has been trying to deanonymize users since Facebook's real name policy and G+. Deanonymized users are worth more. They love this idea, and don't give a shit about losing 17 year olds. It's proof that governments will do anything, even reinterpret their constitutions, in order to preserve the right of online multinationals to algorithmically manipulate adults for money.