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Mayor aims to kick drug stores’ habit
SF Examiner ^ | May 2, 2008 | Joshua Sabatini

Posted on 05/02/2008 3:13:38 PM PDT by Califreak

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - San Francisco would become the first city in the nation to ban the sale of tobacco in pharmacies if legislation that was quietly introduced by Mayor Gavin Newsom is approved.

If the Board of Supervisors adopts the legislation, hundreds of pharmacies in The City would have to stop selling tobacco products — including cigarettes, cigars, pipes and chewing tobacco — as soon as October.

“This is a sensible measure to deal with health problems before they start, and it’s consistent with our prevention-focused efforts such as Healthy San Francisco and Shape Up SF,” Newsom said.

A violation would carry steep fines, ranging from $100 to $1,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bluezone; nannystate; newsom; newsome; pharmacy; pufflist; sanfrancisco; sf; socialism
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More San Francisco stupidity
1 posted on 05/02/2008 3:13:38 PM PDT by Califreak
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To: Califreak

Well if the Mayor runs the Health Care plan he should also regulate personal behavior. That’s Socialism baby!


2 posted on 05/02/2008 3:17:32 PM PDT by benjamin032
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To: Califreak

Sales of the patch, at drugstores, soar !


3 posted on 05/02/2008 3:19:36 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Califreak; NormsRevenge; tubebender; Pete-R-Bilt
A violation would carry steep fines, ranging from $100 to $1,000.

... and free medical marijuana to snitches!

4 posted on 05/02/2008 3:20:22 PM PDT by glock rocks ( Woof.)
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To: Califreak

Can you buy ammo there ?


5 posted on 05/02/2008 3:21:24 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: kbennkc

>Can you buy ammo there ?<

You’re funny!


6 posted on 05/02/2008 3:22:08 PM PDT by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
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To: Califreak
They want to ban tobacco and legalize pot...I just don't get it.
7 posted on 05/02/2008 3:22:42 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Califreak

But, you can step out on the sidewalk in front of those pharmacies and buy marijuana......DUH


8 posted on 05/02/2008 3:22:44 PM PDT by jmax
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To: Califreak

Walgreens, by selling cigarettes is simply insuring future sales of cancer and cardiac drugs.

A sound business plan.


9 posted on 05/02/2008 3:23:47 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: glock rocks
... and free medical marijuana to snitches!

I think tobacco is the least of the health worries in the homo city.

10 posted on 05/02/2008 3:24:05 PM PDT by SteamShovel (Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
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To: Califreak; fieldmarshaldj
As goes Newsom, so goes Bloomberg.

Stan's Fag Disco is one city I never saw the appeal of. I have been there four times and to me, it is just a theme park for the smug latte left. Lots of other cities (including Buffalo NY) have nice victorian architecture, and, sorry, but LA has better restaurants. Tied with Seattle for the most overrated city in the US.

11 posted on 05/02/2008 3:24:05 PM PDT by Clemenza (I Live in New Jersey for the Same Reason People Slow Down to Look at Car Crashes)
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To: benjamin032

This turkey is probably going to run for president in a few years.


12 posted on 05/02/2008 3:24:06 PM PDT by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
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To: SteamShovel

They’re not allowed to talk about that health risk.


13 posted on 05/02/2008 3:26:20 PM PDT by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
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To: Califreak

You can be quite certain that the major drugstore chains will support this because small, independent drugstores rely more on tobacco sales than the big ones. Here in Canada they banned tobacco sales in drugstores about ten years ago with no opposition from the county’s largest drugstore chain- even though the chain was owned by Canada’s largest tobacco company. The tobacco ban all but wiped out the independents but the two largest chains are flourishing.


14 posted on 05/02/2008 3:26:22 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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To: Squawk 8888

Interesting.


15 posted on 05/02/2008 3:28:56 PM PDT by Califreak (Hangin' with Hunter-under the bus "Dread and Circuses")
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To: kbennkc

“Can you buy ammo there ?”

Yes High Bridge Arms in Bernal Heights. Last gun shop in the city


16 posted on 05/02/2008 3:29:47 PM PDT by Polynikes (Hey. I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?)
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To: Califreak

Mayor must have been paid off by the party waiting with a huge baseball glove to absorb the business. Mayor equity owner in the enterprise? One wonders.


17 posted on 05/02/2008 3:32:34 PM PDT by givemELL
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To: kbennkc

When I was in high school, I worked in a small independent drug store and we sold cigarettes and ammo. OTOH, the queers and hippies never got a foothold here. We sent em to the coast.


18 posted on 05/02/2008 3:36:57 PM PDT by glock rocks ( Woof.)
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To: glock rocks
When I was in high school, I worked in a small independent drug store and we sold cigarettes and ammo.

I miss those full service stores with the signs like "Last chance to buy alcohol , tobacco , and firearms".

19 posted on 05/02/2008 3:44:09 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: kbennkc

and don’t forget bait and food... though sometimes you couldn’t tell which was which. We still have those around here. Welcome to Utah. Please set your watch back 20 years.


20 posted on 05/02/2008 3:46:09 PM PDT by glock rocks ( Woof.)
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