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Follow the Money as Hochul Floats Tobacco Ban While Pushing Legal Marijuana

Appearances to the contrary, she is willing to turn a blind eye to public health harm in exchange for continuing tax revenues.

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Governor Hochul on January 31, 2023, at New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
HOWARD HUSOCK
HOWARD HUSOCK

Governor Hochul has floated the idea of banning all sales of tobacco products in New York State, even as she urges New Yorkers to purchase and partake of now-legal cannabis.

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HOWARD HUSOCK
HOWARD HUSOCK

Mr. Husock is a senior fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on municipal government, urban housing policy, civil society, and philanthropy.

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