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Bill would ban cigarette sales to anyone under 100 in Hawaii |
2019-02-06 |
![]() "The legislature finds that the cigarette is considered the deadliest artifact in human history," states the bill, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Richard Creagan. "The cigarette is an unreasonably dangerous and defective product, killing half of its long-term users." The bill adds that the Aloha State is "suffering from its own addiction to cigarettes in the form of the large sums of money that the State receives from state cigarette sales taxes, with the tax revenues recently reaching more than $100,000,000 per year." |
Posted by:Fred |
#11 Tourists will be excempt..terrific,...another black market like what happened in Canada. |
Posted by: crazyhorse 2019-02-06 23:02 |
#10 Wonder how this will play among asian tourists. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-02-06 14:42 |
#9 What about worm dirt pouches and chew, as well as vapor? Did they close those loopholes, or are they too dense for that? |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2019-02-06 13:42 |
#8 Right, Steve, so somebody is just showing how virtuous they are. |
Posted by: Bobby 2019-02-06 11:06 |
#7 The elephant in the room is the tax revenues recently reaching more than $100,000,000 per year No way are they going to give that up. |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-02-06 10:34 |
#6 way cheaper on the Rez |
Posted by: 746 2019-02-06 10:30 |
#5 All the time i was in NM, I was buying cigarettes on the Reservation. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-06 10:13 |
#4 Not applicable to federal military reservations. I recall black market issues like this back in Europe circa 1970s. |
Posted by: P2kontheroad 2019-02-06 08:05 |
#3 Cigarettes are bad because they don't make people stupid or easier to manipulate fast enough. For that you need the ganja. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-02-06 07:45 |
#2 They're competing with California who's crazier? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-06 03:03 |
#1 Trying to kill a mouse without noticing the |
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 2019-02-06 01:34 |