To: President Donald Trump, The Arkansas State House, The Arkansas State Senate, Governor Asa Hutchinson, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Ethical Business Practice Concerning Tobacco
This petition will revoke 85% of Arkansas State's current licenses to sell tobacco, and further define the terms of the statute of criteria to opening a store with the license to sell tobacco, this being distance to another tobacco store and/or public location. There are about 40 tobacco stores In Conway, AR, alone when there should be at the most two (one on either end of town, or one (out of town, such as beside the liquor store). Some are by schools, some are by churches, some are by schools that double as churches. Some are by parks, some are by gyms. This is a hazard. This is not to be taken lightly. It is a hazard. These being sold in such mass quantity in every town has a devastating effect on our nation. And it's hard for a former smoker to quit, for good. There is already NO TOWN in America that does not sell cigarettes. We can at least define the terms of the location of the tobacco store.
Why is this important?
This petition is going revoke 85% of the businesses within the State of Arkansas state's current permits and license to sell tobacco, and consider the distance from one tobacco store to another as to the terms of their "statutes" to handing out a license.
In this fashion, I feel that the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board and many others are not doing their elected duty properly by just handing out a license to whoever wants one. I feel that some of these businesses are being highly inconsiderate to where they open their shop.
Count how many are in your town. Now pretend you're strung out on cigarettes, and you're trying to quit. You probably will yield, until death or horrible heart attacks.
I think there should be 1) no public access for children (as I see children picking out cigarettes from ashtrays at libraries and stores) and 2) not very many tobacco stores in one town at all.
Not just because this is the Bible belt, but because they are, quite literally, too readily available in convenience stores, concessions, and grocery providers.
In this fashion, I feel that the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board and many others are not doing their elected duty properly by just handing out a license to whoever wants one. I feel that some of these businesses are being highly inconsiderate to where they open their shop.
Count how many are in your town. Now pretend you're strung out on cigarettes, and you're trying to quit. You probably will yield, until death or horrible heart attacks.
I think there should be 1) no public access for children (as I see children picking out cigarettes from ashtrays at libraries and stores) and 2) not very many tobacco stores in one town at all.
Not just because this is the Bible belt, but because they are, quite literally, too readily available in convenience stores, concessions, and grocery providers.