
Spotlight: Why New York State's Attempt To Ban Tobacco Product Sales Is Utterly Stupid
Steve Forbes: What's Ahead
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New York's Ban on All Cigarettes
New York state health officials have started laying the groundwork to prohibit the sale of all tobacco products. So, cigarette sales must be outlawed, or purchasing pot is okay? Where is the health rationale for that? In the meantime, New York's Governor Kathy Hochl and state legislators are negotiating a ban on menthol cigarettes - which would cost the state several hundred million dollars in taxes over the next couple of years. Compounding this tax and prohibition folly is the lethal war New York and the rest of the country wages against vaping. Vaping is a superb tool for those wishing to give up cigarettes as it gives users the kick of nicotine without the deadly ingredients inhaled from cigarettes.
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