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Prohibitionist
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Prohibitionist
A person who subscribes to the idea that the best way to reduce unwanted actions is to ban them. For example, a prohibitionist may believe that the best way to end smoking is to forbid the possession or sale of tobacco. The effectiveness of prohibitionism is highly controversial.
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Unfortunately, as the bill moved through Congress, several contravening measures were slipped into its final version to satisfy various special interests, including prohibitionists.
Pursuing less risky smokes--at last by Gori, Gio Batta / Regulation
But prohibitionists are highly selective about the evidence they present and are careless once they've presented it, hoping to substitute raw emotional appeal for a plausible explanatory framework.
Grand theft scapegoat: the ridiculous jihad against video games by Koffler, Daniel / Reason
But whatever beer culture we had was rudely destroyed by the prohibitionists in 1919.
Saving beer culture by Reid, Peter V.K. / Modern Brewery Age
 
 
 
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