The evidence-free resistance to tobacco bans

As the PBS Newshour recently reported, Westminster, Massachusetts could be the first town in the United States to ban the sale of tobacco. As I watched the debate unfold among neighbors, I was shocked at the level of intensity with which citizens stepped up to defend the sale of tobacco in their town. At one point an elderly gentleman dependent on nasal oxygen due to years of smoking-related pulmonary disease states …

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