P.M. BRIEFING : N.Y. Bans Cigarette Machines
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NEW YORK — New York City has moved to take cigarettes out of the hands of youngsters by taking cigarette machines out of most public places.
A law banning cigarette vending machines in all public places but taverns and hotel bars, where minors are not allowed anyway, was passed 33 to 1 by the City Council on Tuesday and signed by Mayor David N. Dinkins. “Today we have achieved an important pro-child, pro-health law that will save lives,” said Dinkins, who quit smoking 28 years ago. “Each year in New York, 32,000 children begin a habit that will lead to the death of 10,000 of them.”
The law, which orders the machines removed by Jan. 31, 1992, is similar to measures already in effect in Minneapolis and Salt Lake City.
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