hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

This is the logical conclusion but there is currently a mass wave of Meta grunts downvoting.

Apparently if countries all put an age limit on tobacco it must mean there is a secret group coordinating for it for ulterior reasons.

Oh yes like Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey. If it is happening worldwide, it is less likely to be a coordinated scheme and more likely coming to the same conclusions based on current research.

Edit because I'm getting limited:

This isn't exactly something old that has been going on for decades in its current form and the usage has increased especially since the lockdowns. Nations have also been copying each other for centuries, you don't need a secret group coordinating for it with a singular ulterior motive.

Better then performing a social experiment on children.

Investigations are pretty much its own sport now in the UK. People are always getting investigated over "inappropriate" comments or behaviour, basically anything. I'm sure some people at HR love it.

At worse you suffer from cognitive atrophy. Become more dumb and lazy.

Some people really badly want the world economy to implode.

Norway: 5.6 million population. 14 Nobel Laureates, world class talent in multiple sports and origin of best chess player of all time.

Based.