# Nanny States and Covid Vaccines: Hijack of NZ smoking thread

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 12, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanny-states-and-covid-vaccines-hijack-of-nz-smoking-thread/956018 "2021-12-12T20:36:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanny-states-and-covid-vaccines-hijack-of-nz-smoking-thread/956018/4 "2021-12-12T21:22:52Z")

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> [@New Zealand to completely outlaw smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804/89):
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> Uh huh. The rabbit hole is all yours.

Thanks for the slippery slope fallacy.

For some, the definition of “nanny state” is “particular societal rules that I don’t personally want.”

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