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To: tejek who wrote (839006)2/24/2015 7:11:28 PM
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CA Democrat Files Bill To Ban Major League Players From Chewing Tobacco During Games….

How goofy can California Dems get?

Via Reuters:

Major League Baseball players would be banned from using chewing tobacco at games in California under a bill expected to be introduced in the state legislature on Tuesday, the first in a nationwide campaign planned by anti-tobacco activists.

The bill targets baseball’s ubiquitous habit less than a year after retired San Diego Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn died of cancer of the salivary glands, believed related to chewing tobacco or “dipping” it by lodging it between the lip and the gum.

Thurmond’s bill would ban use of all tobacco products at baseball stadiums in the state, including dipping, chewing, smoking or using electronic or e-cigarettes. It would also require baseball stadiums to post signs announcing the ban in all dugouts, bullpens, locker rooms, bathrooms and at all entrances.



To: tejek who wrote (839006)2/24/2015 7:13:20 PM
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Lib Rag Vox Pushes Case For Making Sugar A “Controlled Substance”…

Naturally, another California moonbat connection.

Nanny Staters everywhere swoon uncontrollably.

Via Vox:

Robert Lustig is a medical expert at the University of California, San Francisco, who has written extensively about the major health problems attributed to sugar. He’s written two major papers — “Fructose: it’s ‘alcohol without the buzz'” and “The toxic truth about sugar” — laying out the case for treating sugar like a controlled substance, similar to alcohol and tobacco. I spoke with Lustig on the phone on June 2014 about the issue. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. […]