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Generational Bans: A Prohibition That’s Bigger Than Tobacco

First, it was New Zealand, saying, “Hey, let’s ban access to a perfectly legal product, in a manner that if you’re fifty years old, yet born after January 2007, you’re still not allowed to purchase a cigar to enjoy on the golf course.” 

Then, a California legislator hears of this grand proposal and says, “Hey, what a great idea! I’ll put in a bill that says the same thing!” Hit repeat, in the Tennessee legislature.

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UNC Research Pushes For Less Freedom on the Golf Course

New “research” from the University of North Carolina (UNC)is proving that even one of America’s last great pastimes, golf, is not safe from the nanny-state agenda. In a research letter published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, analysts Selena Kleber, Remi Philips, and corresponding author Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, Director of Tobacco Intervention Programs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, examined reports of tobacco sales, sponsorships, and policies at professional golf tournaments. The immediate red flag as to the objectivity of the “research” is the reference to cigarettes in virtually every sentence with cigars.

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