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shalafi ,

I expected some kind of explanation in the article as to how this was ever legal. Nada.

I’m not the Puritanical sort of American, but damn, it was legal to sell children a wildly addictive drug?! Trump, via Melania, not on his own brainpower, had the US (FDA?) ban all nicotine products to people under 21 a few years ago. And at least it was 18 before that!

ExfilBravo ,

What are you on about?

shalafi ,

Thought the article might offer some reason, cultural or otherwise, as to why this was legal in the first place.

Also, found it amusing that Trump was actually on point for once. Very strange to think that man actually passed a ban that a European county had not. (Again, that’s on Melania, not his dumb ass.)

snek ,
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What took them so long?

obinice ,
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Usually it’s the Americans who think they’re the entire world, calling them out on it sometimes feels like I’m just targeting them. But this is a good example of the same thing from a different country, and I’m pointing it out in fairness :-P

The country the article is about should be in the title, because otherwise it’s just confusing clickbait. Without actually tapping the thumbnail and seeing what comes up, just going from the title, how do I know if this news is about the UK, or what?

How we share news must be informative from the get go. Sharing world news is vital, keeping abreast of the important goings on around the globe, but we need up front context provided to at least narrow it down by country.

Anyway, this is good news! Electronic cigarettes should never be sold to kids, that’s wild :-(

OriginalUsername7 ,

It’s a link to the Irish Times, an Irish newspaper, so this is Ireland (not the UK).

OP could have added that bit when posting it, but I can’t really blame the newspaper for not including it in their headline. Their core audience knows that they’re speaking about Ireland unless it’s stated otherwise.

Docus ,

It’s not a world wide ban is it? How hard is it to add (in Ireland) to the post title?

SkaveRat ,

100% agree.

Sadly, the rules state it must match the headline

JoBo ,

How hard is it to check the source?

Docus ,

How do you think I worked out that this applies to Ireland? I just don’t like having to check the source to find out that the post is not relevant to me. I accept that the post title is a true reflection of the article’s title, but lacks the article’s context. On a par with click bait titles as far as I am concerned.

JoBo ,

Editorialise titles, don’t editorialise titles, only editorialise titles when someone is going to act like a baby if you don’t.

It’s a global website. You know that articles won’t always hail from your corner of the world. Deal with it.

lud ,

It’s not really world news though.

JoBo ,

Bullshit.

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