NYC mayor proposes hiding cigarettes to curb smoking

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Updated: 3/18 7:13 pm
NEW YORK -- A new anti-smoking proposal is up for debate in New York City after Mayor Michael Bloomberg says cigarettes out of sight are cigarettes out of mind.

Under the anti-smoking proposal, stores would be required to keep tobacco products concealed by keeping them in drawers and behind curtains. The goal is to reduce the youth smoking rate.

Mayor Bloomberg has also crusaded against large sugary drinks, salt in foods served at restaurants and junk food in vending machines. 

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FDNY1983 - 3/25/2013 7:11 AM
2 Votes
Suckberg needs to stay out of people's personal lives and worry more about leading NYC. This man has been on crack from the time he took office and I do not understand how he keeps winning the election. I would never EVER return to live in NYC, despite being born and raised there.

knightklown - 3/20/2013 1:26 PM
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This guy is straight out of a MAD MAGAZINE. It's bad enough WE have obama wanna be junior as our mayor but those folks in NYC have a lunatic as mayor!

Lervia - 3/19/2013 9:33 AM
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The biggest and most hard core smokers are in NY, NJ, & Conn. Hiding the smokes from NYC smokers will have NO effect. Bloomberg is, indeed, a control freak, and one that has his priorities upside down. He's busy working to control every aspect of the lives of his constituents, with hopes that his example will spread to other cities, then to states, then to the WH. Yet, he seems to be doing nothing about the fact that appx. 80% of kids graduating from HS in NYC can't read well enough to get into a community college. You know the ones that quit early can't read, too. I'd like to see a survey on how many of these survive out of the tax payers' pockets.

Gnaeus - 3/19/2013 9:16 AM
1 Vote
Wow what a place New York is; what time are you allowed to take a S****!

lastchance - 3/19/2013 5:09 AM
2 Votes
Bloomberg needs a big mac,large fries and a 44 oz coke to mellow out

camidawg - 3/19/2013 1:01 AM
2 Votes
Can no one see that he is trying to keep his name in the papers and stay relevant until the 2016 election.....I think NY sould reap what they sow...they put him in office so they deserve every single ridiculous headline.

Hopeful - 3/18/2013 10:33 PM
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The man has a problem with priorities. Education changes behavior. So does physical discipline & accountability. I find it difficult to believe that cigs & soda are his challenges. What about getting rid of child molesters & rats permanently? Create jobs. Promote family & community not anarchy.
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