They favour cooling-off periods before big decisions, such as marriage, divorce or even buying cigarettes.

ECONOMIST: Soft paternalism

The legal age for buying cigarettes was set prior to World War II, long before the health threats posed by tobacco were recognised.

BBC: Stubbed out cigarette

They also said that without surveying each and every smoker in the lawsuit it would be impossible to determine their motives for buying light cigarettes.

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