On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Greg Broiles wrote:
(Also in today's news, the 9th Circuit upheld a CA statute forbidding sales of material considered "harmful to minors" from vending machines.)
Oh, well, that just narrows it down really well. Might as well just take out all of the machines now, because you could make a case that just about ANYTHING out of a vending machine is "harmful to minors". Soda machines? Caffeine and sugar. Snack machines? Sugar again. Those machines in supermarkets that give little toys? A child *could* swallow one and choke. And on and on and on. Even if this statute is meant only to apply to cigarette machines, which would seem to be the case given all of the anti-cig stuff going on now, what good will it do? I have never (in 20 years living in CA) seen a cigarette machine out where a child could get something from it, only inside a pool hall or another adult-only establishment. Another one of those bills to "selectively enforce" things, perhaps? Sheesh. --- Zach Babayco zachb@netcom.com <----- finger for PGP public key http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4127