Legislation proposed by the Downtown Ithaca Alliance would regulate and limit the number of stores that can sell tobacco products and paraphernalia in Ithaca. Its intent is to reduce tobacco use, specifically by youth. A guest commentary in the Ithaca Times by Tobacco Free Tompkins speaks to many of the important reasons to work towards this goal.
Tobacco is a serious public health problem that needs to be more aggressively addressed, and as a progressive city we should be leading the way on innovative health-based approaches. However, the DIA’s proposal is overreaching in scope, and, as the young people who this legislation is meant to protect, we are seriously concerned about the effects it could have on public health.
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