Opinion: CT sending mixed signals on age-restricted products Jonathan Shaer FacebookTwitterEmail A display at Stamford Photo and News is filled with an assortment of products, including e-vaping and tobacco products, that the retailer offers for sale.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media Gov. Ned Lamont, along with the support of many in the Legislature, wants to legalize adult-use marijuana and sports wagering, in his words, “rather than surrender the market to other states or the black market.” But various flavored tobacco ban proposals making their way through the Legislature would send menthol cigarettes, mint smokeless and vape into those same black markets. What gives?