Baltimore Bids to Ban Selling Small Cigars Individually
Posted on May 31st, 2008 by bile Categories and Tags: Maryland, police state, tobacco, Baltimore, Ban Selling Small Cigars Individually, confiscation, drugs, economics, fascism, freedom, fucking retarded, Joshua M. Sharfstein, liberty, nanny state, parenting, politics, privacy, prohibition, property, regulation, taxes, tobacco products, your rightsHoping to curb the increase in the number of young people who smoke small, inexpensive cigars, Baltimore plans to bar shops from the common practice of breaking open packages to sell them individually.
Baltimore would be the first city to impose such a regulation, said Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, the city’s health commissioner.
The city has put the proposal out for public comment until July 1 and expects to impose the ban, possibly with revisions, soon after, Dr. Sharfstein said. Under the city code, the commissioner has the power to regulate health hazards without legislation.
A ban on selling tobacco products to minors has had limited effect, Dr. Sharfstein said, and studies have shown that higher prices have a larger deterrent effect on youth smoking.
“This isn’t going to work but we’ll do it anyway.”
It’s frightening that the health commissioner has so much power.
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