Gorman: Colorado Senate Bill 22 keeps cigarette smugglers employed
By Linda Gorman
March 4, 2024
As usual, government never knows when to quit.
Supporters of Colorado Senate Bill 24-022 may think they are protecting people from tobacco. What they are really doing is giving county governments the ability to create jobs for black market smugglers.
The bill lets county commissioners make it illegal for minors to possess cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products. Live in a county without a ban on possession and drive to school in a county with a ban? Better hope Dad didn’t accidentally leave his cigarettes or nicotine lonzenges and gum in the car.
