The Health Ministry might soon roll out a ban on single cigarette sales across India, because the government is aiming to make cigarettes expensive for kids. But here’s why this doesn’t work.

1. We're forgetting that kids often smoke together.

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Now we'll just pool in money for a sutta fund the same way we have for a beer fund.

2. It is, literally, impossible to enforce!

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Will the government go from paan-wallah to paan-wallah checking for a guy who sells single suttas?

3. It will encourage people to smoke more.

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Since smokers are forced to buy a pack (in case the government manages to enforce it), they'll tend to smoke more. Don't believe us? Ask any smoker how quickly a pack disappears!

4. Paan-wallahs will go ahead and sell single cigarettes. And they'll charge a premium for it.

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And what will they do with this money? Clearly not donate to the local NGO!

5. It will irritate people who buy packs because everyone will bum off them.

And what happens to smokers who get irritated? They don't do Ramdev yoga. They light up, yo!