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4. There was no ban on tobacco sales. Just a ban on tobacco stores

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:25 AM

Apr 2020

remaining open. Cigarettes and other tobacco products are available in many other places.

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In Minnesota, Liquor stores are open, but tobacco stores are shut down. Both [View all] MineralMan Apr 2020 OP

The distinction is simple. Aristus Apr 2020 #1

And yet, neither of them is less or more likely to be a source MineralMan Apr 2020 #3

Ah, I get your point now. Rorey Apr 2020 #6

By that logic, we should close grocery stores... brooklynite Apr 2020 #11

I think it has more to do with availability jimfields33 Apr 2020 #7

That's a possible explanation. Minnesota only allows liquor sales in MineralMan Apr 2020 #9

Well..... Rorey Apr 2020 #2

There was no ban on tobacco sales. Just a ban on tobacco stores MineralMan Apr 2020 #4

I think this is exactly the reason. Mariana Apr 2020 #5

Same in Texas LeftInTX Apr 2020 #10

here in Wash State our pot stores are open... samnsara Apr 2020 #13