• SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Smoking is bad for a country under stress. The population decline from war followed by the population decline and health costs for that population years later will set the country back even further.

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely, yet smokers not smoking is **really ** bad for the stress level.

      I’m thinking more in lines of whether this is war profiteering, worker exploitation, or a genuine needed help from the good old tobacco giant.

      Personally I would think they could get their products produced elsewhere if they needed, so I am wondering what a producer of luxury products gain from establishing anything in a war zone. Do they even grow tobacco in Ukraine?