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EDITORIAL: Misplaced priorities 

It seems ludicrous to us that the city, as we head into a recession that could well turn into a full-blown depression before the Bush administration is finished plundering the American treasury, would turn its attention to something that could only hurt local businesses in the short run. . . .

But if this council were earnest about saving lives, it would ban the sale of tobacco products altogether, forego the sales tax involved, and each member would divest from every business that Big Tobacco is now in. But that's not going to happen.

It seems banning smoking is one of those feel-good things that just about everyone can rally around, even some smokers. It's just too bad these same council members completely missed the boat when the times came to make some meaningful positive differences in the quality of all our lives.

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