The story, at wcbstv.com, says:
The New York City health department is moving forward with a plan that would require about 12,000 cigarette retailers to post large anti-smoking signs.
It’s billed as the first such regulation in the United States.
The eye-level signs would have information about the harmful effects of smoking, possibly with an image.
The assistant commissioner for tobacco control, Sarah B. Perl, says it can be effective to display gruesome health effects such as amputations and throat cancer.
The city’s Board of Health is now seeking public comment. At the earliest, it would vote in September.
If the proposal is passed, the department says it’s poised to fend off lawsuits.
We have a better idea:
All NYC government offices, council chambers and the like should have giant signs (posted at eye level with gruesome photos) warning constituents of the dangers that government poses to their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
