Published April 19. 2021 12:01AM
A statewide ban on the sale of tobacco by licensed retailers is not a binary debate of money versus health, or tobacco companies versus communities of color, as anti-tobacco advocates and the Day’s Editorial Board would have you believe.
Instead, it is matter of appropriate policymaking and examining the realistic consequences that would result. The truth is, all tobacco products, including flavored tobacco, are safest when sold through the current regulated and taxed system. Banning legal adult products like menthol cigarettes and smokeless tobacco will not eliminate demand but will only transfer it to unregulated and out of state markets. This is exactly what is happening in Massachusetts since it banned flavored tobacco on June 1, 2020.
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Liable or not? Debate over COVID immunity playing out in CT
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State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chairman of the legislative Judiciary Committee.Linda Conner Lambeck /Show MoreShow Less
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State Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, ranking member of the legislative Judiciary CommitteeContributed photo /Show MoreShow Less
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The debate over whether places like nursing homes, hospitals and companies should face liability for COVID cases is playing out in the state legislature.
A month after Gov. Ned Lamont ended legal immunity protections in the pandemic for hospitals and nursing homes, the General Assembly seems less likely to either restore them, or extend proposed shields to other locations.
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