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Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?

Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?

Yes

3

No

14

Yes

Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?
2 Comments
Max
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Max

Why of course. Legalize weed, make children wear masks, make landlords provide free housing. It's a liberal world and Columbia has to be a leader. What else can Columbia mess up? This is satire for those that are unable to understand.

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Zaos Gonzolez
1
Zaos Gonzolez

The vapes kill more people than the fake covidirus ever will.

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No

Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?
14 Comments
LarryGeo
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LarryGeo

We have know for many decades that it was never the nicotine that was harmful, it was the smoke from burning tobacco. Banning flavors make vastly safer vaping less attractive for smokers to switch to. Other than puritanical ideals there is no scientific reason to ban vape flavors for adults.

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Alan Beard
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Alan Beard

Adults use these products in far greater numbers than teens. What other Adult product faces a similar ludicrous potential ban?

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Marc Slis
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Marc Slis

Vaping is saving millions of adult lives. The claims against vaping are not true. None of them. There is NO youth epidemic, vaping is less harmful than the air in large cities and is far less dependence-forming than smoking, no more than caffeine in your coffee.

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Chris Hughes
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Chris Hughes

Why limit choices for adults trying to stop smoking? It's a ridiculous proposal. It's illegal for minors to drink, but I can sure as hell buy birthday cake flavored vodka. I don't hear anyone complaining about that, nor should I.

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Debra Riffle
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Debra Riffle

our city government needs to stay out of the business of trying to regulate every aspect of our lives. Crime is high now. Concentrate on that. If there is a law in place prohibiting sales to minors, enforce that. You can't legislate everything.

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Stuart Fagg
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Stuart Fagg

Because flavors are an essential appeal to smokers to help switch. Use by never smokers is negligible so banning flavors will only do harm

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Chris Hayden
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Chris Hayden

I work in a vape shop part time. We card everyone. People already complain about others bot having jobs. Yeah, makes sense. Get rid of this industry so more are out of work. Smdh.

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Speaker to Felidae
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Speaker to Felidae

It's very very simple. if you ban flavored vapes then more people will smoke cigarettes. That would be what is called a non-optimal situation.

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Skip Murray
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Skip Murray

These products help people stop smoking. They are illegal to sell to kids. Enforce the law. Don't create black markets!

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Steve TheBmann
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Steve TheBmann

I have a wild thought. How about enforcing the existing laws and not allow the product be sold to minors?

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sheri smith
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sheri smith

Your taking away the rights of and punishing adults in a vain attempt to stop kids from vaping under a misguided excuse. Kids unfortunately will find a way. Adults have the right! Punish the sellers! Stop taking away the rights of adults under the guide of "the children"

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Max
Max

People will just buy from another source, taking money out of Columbia.

Myron Black
0
Myron Black

It's not the adults fault kids are stupid

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VapingIT, SPE, EEI
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VapingIT, SPE, EEI

The action(s) of underage kids obtaining products illegally cannot justify any restrictions, taxes, or bans on adult rights, choices.

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Do you support what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing?

Do you support what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing?

Yes

19

No

7

Yes

11 Comments
Matthew Gregory
3
Matthew Gregory

Cleaning up all the bloat, fraud and corruption in our federal government all while helping with the massive over spending causing inflation.

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Tim Kennedy
2
Tim Kennedy

People need to get back to acting on what’s good for The country and sop asking what the country can do for them. We are in a me society we need to get back to a we society.

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Eric Smith
2
Eric Smith

Absolutely! Long overdue.

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Maria Gose
2
Maria Gose

Accountability is way past due. Keep forging forward .

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Melissa Hill
2
Melissa Hill

I think government spending has gotten out of control and needs over site and their own audit.

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James Lucas
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James Lucas

The Democrats, since Clinton have talked about doing what DOGE is not doing. Yes, Clinton and Obama did some EO, but always gave more lip service than action. Now we have action from Republicans' and still Democrat lip service.

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Max DeYoung
2
Max DeYoung

Best thing that's ever happened for our government.

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Rodney Scott
1
Rodney Scott

Taxpayer dollars have been wasted for decades. Time to stop it! I am 73. This problem goes all the way to local politicians. Hundreds of thousands spent on ev busses and maintenence vehicles! WASTED MONEY!!!

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Fat Guy Outdoors
1
Fat Guy Outdoors

Who is against fraud, waste and abuse unless you are benefitting from it.

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No

7 Comments
Sara Kalinowski
0
Sara Kalinowski

I don't support. Things I'm against: 1)They feed women crumbs to nibble, as a tactic to keep us thinking we aren't losing rights.2)Racism & hate is worse &must go.3)Hacked in to sensitive info, causing safetyconcerns. 4)Defunded and fired many. No jobs+No $=economy toworsen. 5)They're clueless.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

You just defined a democrat.

Ellen Jarvis
0
Ellen Jarvis

Think before you act!

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Connie B.
0
Connie B.

Horrible what they are doing to people. I don't understand how firing people would take care of fraud and abuse. They are stripping people of their livelihoods and it will come back at us because the government will have to cover their unemployment stipends and we will have many more homeless ppl.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

That's the problem. You don't understand.

Connie B.
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Connie B.

Horrible what they are doing to people. I don't understand how firing people would take care of fraud and abuse. They are stripping people of their livelihoods and it will come back at us because the government will have to cover their unemployment stipends and we will have many more homeless ppl.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

About 14.5% of the US workforce, or 20.2 million people, work in the public sector. This includes state, local, and federal government employees. That's way to many people working at a job that produces nothing.

Fat Guy Outdoors
Fat Guy Outdoors

Maybe you should turn of the news and research. Why pay 5 people to do the job of 1. Why keep lazy employees who don't produce when you can keep highly productive workers and increase there pay. See its called rewarding hard work and punishing lazy people. Hard work does pay off.

Varyanna Ruthengael
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Varyanna Ruthengael

Elon is not an elected official, not even a cleared contractor for what he is doing. This sabotages democracy.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Elon is only exposing criminals. He is doing nothing else. Become informed, instead of brainwashed.

Varyanna Ruthengael
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Varyanna Ruthengael

Elon is not an elected official, not even a cleared contractor for what he is doing. This sabotages democracy.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic.

Fat Guy Outdoors
Fat Guy Outdoors

Just like Dr. Fauci right.

Ashley Edelen
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Ashley Edelen

Unilateral decisions from the Executive branch cannot go unchecked (on BOTH “sides”). Just like when Biden shouldn’t have bypassed the SC with student loan forgiveness. Democracy is fragile and we cannot lean towards dictatorship.

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Fat Guy Outdoors
Fat Guy Outdoors

Please explain how exposing fraud, waste and abuse is harming democracy in a republic?

Can the Mizzou Tigers remain perfect for the rest of the regular season?

Can the Mizzou Tigers remain perfect for the rest of the regular season?

Yes

2

No

0

Yes

2 Comments
Eric Smith
0
Eric Smith

What an incredible turnaround from last years season. So proud of them this year!

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Ed Thompson
0
Ed Thompson

They are relentless

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No

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