In 2006, a federal judge issued a damning 1,600-page opinion, detailing how these corporations marketed and sold their lethal products with zeal, with deception, with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted. Worse still, Big Tobacco intentionally targets children, whom they refer to as replacement smokers. Industry documents reveal shocking admissions: The base of our business is the high school student, one memo stated
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But some residents and business owners are pushing back against the proposal, saying it could hurt business, limit gathering spaces where people can still smoke outdoors and potentially create new tensions with neighbors if smokers move to sidewalks and other nearby areas