A Massachusetts town that adopted an unusual ordinance banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born in the 21st century is being looked at as a possible model for other cities and towns hoping to further clamp down on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
  • mindbleach
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    8 months ago

    We cannot tolerate this format in law. Regardless of what’s being restricted, how it’s being restricted is unjustifiable discrimination. It is creating two classes of citizen based on the circumstances of their birth.

    And every damn time I say this, I get aggressive scoffing from people who think it’s the same as saying you gotta be 21. No. Telling children they can’t smoke, drink, or drive is never the same as telling a child, “you will never be allowed to do what I do.”