Baseball players may soon have to become real Skoal bandits if they want to keep chewing tobacco at the city’s ballparks — as Mayor Bill de Blasio moved Thursday to ban tobacco from public places such as stadiums.
The senior counsel for tobacco control for the Health Department told a City Council hearing that the anti-tobacco measures were a “common sense” method to cut the use of smokeless tobacco, especially by the young.
Among the five new anti-tobacco measures are also one that would stop new hookah bars from opening.
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Next the liberal Democrats will tax breathing. Or maybe $5 to pee. How about outlawing chocolate candy and sugarless gum.
ReplyDeleteAs long as the fans are spitting in a cup and not on the floor, then I don't see a problem.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the players, you don't want them to do it, have the owners put in their contracts, no need to regulate them out side their contracts.
Its always tobacco. Stop the Alcohol.
ReplyDeleteCant smoke or chew in front of the youth,
but we can drink until are heart is content.
Enjoy the creeping fascism, designed to control your behavior through legislation! When will we get the mandate that every couple is only allowed two children?
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