Posted on 04/22/2023 12:57:26 PM PDT by lowbridge
The pro-legal weed Hochul administration is quietly trying to fire up support for a complete ban on the sale of tobacco products in New York, The Post has learned.
The state Health Department commissioned a new survey aimed at gauging support for an all-out prohibition — despite Gov. Hochul’s failure to secure support from state legislators to include a ban on menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products in the yet-to-be-approved state budget.
“What is your opinion about a policy that would end the sale of all tobacco products in New York within 10 years?” were among the questions asked last week in the “New York Local Opinion Leaders Survey,” examined by the Post.
Another asks: “What is your opinion about a policy that would ban the sale of all tobacco products to those born after a certain date? For example, those born after the year 2010 or later would never be sold tobacco.”
The poll also solicited input on whether there’s backing for other tobacco-related measures, including capping the number of retailers who can sell “products in a community” and prohibiting its sales near schools.
The survey, conducted by nonprofit research organization RTI International, was distributed to “community leaders” statewide, including “county legislators and county directors of public health,” according to an April 13 memo to prospective participants from Jennifer Lee, director of the Health Department’s Bureau of Tobacco Control.
It’s obvious the Health Department is “test marketing” potential new smoking policies and such surveys are typically funded by taxpayers but through private companies, think tanks, or political campaigns, an Albany insider said.
“An outright ban being considered … is all new territory,” the insider said. “And I’ve never seen anything like this where [the state] uses this kind of focus grouping, alliance building, momentum building.”
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“The state is probably raking in 5 or 6 bucks per pack in taxes.”
That is why they want to ban tobacco over time—gives them time to find some other suckers to tax.
They want to eliminate flavored tobacco so the kids won’t want to use it, but I heard the other day that a bunch of Chicago school kids got sick and had to go to the hospital because they overdosed on cannabis gummis.
All the weed heads brag about the therapeutic use of marijuana. Very few people are aware of the therapeutic effects of nicotine. It has been used to treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ADHD, depression, obesity, etc. It has also been shown to increase mental acuity and verbal skill (quite the opposite of weed 😉)
Because it worked so well for alcohol.
Tobacco products are to be banned but cannabis will be sold openly. Another awesomely stupid idea from the awesomely stupid Governor of New York State.
The 5 families became organized and gained incredible wealth and power during prohibition, no doubt they will bootleg cigarettes if this ban goes thru.
Is she planning on telling the sovereign Indian nations in the State, that they can’t produce and sell their own tobacco products sold on their own property?
I wonder how much they tax the dopers where it’s legal? You’d think the state chiseling ba$tards would promote all taxable addictive revenue enhancers.
When you have to take over from a Mafioso Crime Lord Tyrant, rest assured the users and takers from Buffalo, Albany and NYC have your back.
Question. When the actual tax payers, movers and shakers finally figure out they cannot support your giveaway largesse anymore, where you gonna go then?
Those decorative tobacco plants are going to be worth a mint.
Oh they will find something else to tax - Water (Kaiser Klaus already pegging that) and air, because they can.
Ya got me laughing!!
The people of New York deserve all she will bring to them!
🙂
Where are they gonna get there blunts??
In the NY market, they are running radio ads about how, somehow, menthol cigarettes are targeting black people and making them die. And, how smoking menthol cigarettes is bad for you. They also mention that they certainly don’t want to ban all cigarettes.
well, pot’s legal to smoke now, so...
“The people of New York deserve all she will bring to them!”
I’m a “people of New York “ and I don’t deserve anything this bitch brings us, so screw you.
“The people of New York deserve all she will bring to them!”
That’s harsh. My family has been in New York since the 1700s, and you’ll never find a more conservative Christian group of people in the country. Hochul is THEIR governor, too.
Once you’re out of NYC, you’re more likely to meet conservatives that liberals. When I visit friends and family in western NY I see more Congrats flags, and heard more country music, than I do here in TN
Thanks for the link. I don’t use any non-over-the-counter drugs, but I was curious.
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