Mo0pie Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 recently shops have been banned from selling all flavored tobacco products (other than cigs)such as cigars and HOOKAH TOBACCO in NYC, other tobacco products include moist smokeless tobacco like snus. i tried buying some starbuzz a few day backs and the only thing they could sell to me was mint since the only "flavor" that isnt banned is mint, wintergreen or menthol flavors. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION YOUR HOMETOWN COULD BE NEXT! [size="4"]SIGN MY PETITION BRING BACK THE SALE OF HOOKAH TOBACCO IN NYC! [/size] [url="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/tobaccoban/"][size="4"]http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/tobaccoban/[/size][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Hamilton Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 does this mean...hookahset will be out of business??? Brooklyn .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cp44 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 that freaking sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 how stupid all it does is take revenue out of the local economy and raise exspences on consumers. Hookahset has moved to there other locations on long island and new jersey Things like this is one reason to start liking unflavored moassel like zaghloul and salloum plain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyk Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 how is this legal? i dont understand how they can go about banning hookah tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caila Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Wow this is sad! I will be happy to sign the petition. Are you still allowed to receive tobacco from websites? I know in WA people can only receive Herbal when they order online unless it's shipping to a business address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Thank you, NYC, for killing small businesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 NYC has bad selection anyway, I really don't care unless they shut down all the hookah bars too. Jersey has much, much better selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodle Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 (edited) It's not just the meddling in my hobby, but the general "We'll tell you how to live your life" that pisses me off the most. Even though I'm on the opposite coast in California, this pisses me off. We need to get a movement going to reverse this sort of shit. A couple months there was some federal law passed that forbade mail order, and therefore internet order, of sniffing snuff. I like that every now and then when I can't sit down for a proper smoke. Now I can't get it anymore except what happens to dribble into the local tobacconist, which isn't much if at all. I'm going to miss the good Wilson's of Sharrow snuff when mine runs out. Edited December 1, 2010 by noodle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necron99 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 As a non-cigarette smoker, I don't understadn this. Flavoured tobacco is bad, but regular old cigarettes and menthol are AOK? Sorry, you lost me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo0pie Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 the louges and bars were allowed to stay and you can always order your tobacco from websites, but this really killed the small shops that i would walk into once in a while and smell/sample new flavors before buying. i dnt understand why bloomberg had to do this but itd be nice to get some signatures going and email my petition to bloomberg THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo0pie Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='Necron99' timestamp='1291246393' post='489997'] As a non-cigarette smoker, I don't understadn this. Flavoured tobacco is bad, but regular old cigarettes and menthol are AOK? Sorry, you lost me.... [/quote] i kno it rlly doesnt make any sense and theres no logical reasoning behind banning "flavored" tobaccos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 It needs to stop. What happened to America being the land of the free? Sorry guys, but we're all just pawns in a huge game. They can play us however they want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo0pie Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 maybor bloomberg has a bad habit of simply prohibiting things he personally dislikes... first he decided to tax tobacco out the @ss and now hes banning flavored tobaccos... just because hes a billionaire doesnt mean he has any right to do this. tobacco companys have alrdy filed law suits since this doesnt seem constitutional at all. hopefully this ban is lifted before i run out of my stash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Frosty Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 How does this stop anybody from smoking? I guess most ppl already get their stuff over the internet since it's usually alot cheaper than the local stores. But this is a real pain when you're out of tobacco and just want to grab 1 flavor until your next order ships in or whatever. I am really pissed since I wanted to stash up at hookahset when I am in NY for Christmas -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Maybe if this gets widespread enough they will sell shisha in 2 parts. part 1 being the dry tobacco. part 2 would be the flavoring and such. That could reduce the amount that shisha costs due to taxes (esp with that new tax they are proposing) and get around new laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo0pie Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 support my petition plz i rlly need some more sigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 What a shame I feel for you my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo0pie Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 thanks so muchhhh, the support is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 [quote name='Canon' timestamp='1291302693' post='490080'] Maybe if this gets widespread enough they will sell shisha in 2 parts. part 1 being the dry tobacco. part 2 would be the flavoring and such. That could reduce the amount that shisha costs due to taxes (esp with that new tax they are proposing) and get around new laws. [/quote] I believe they do that in Germany with a shisha called Elements. I remember Fineout talking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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