How Bloomberg Made NYC a No-Smoking Town
Make Cigarettes Invisible!
Now that he’s on his way out, Bloomberg has begun fighting hard against cigarettes again. Last week, he announced a plan to disallow bodegas and other tobacco purveyors from making cigarettes visible behind the counter, forcing owners to hide them in a drawer or behind a counter or something. If kids can’t see cigarettes, the thinking goes, then kids won’t want to buy them. [photo]