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The Poverty of Civil Libertarianism
and could not be used for the sale of illegal drugs. Los Angeles Times A3
(July 24, 1992).
18 New York Times A] (January 19, 1990), A1 (January 20, 1990), s.1 p.4
(February 18, 1990), s.1 p. 11 (March 18, 1990), A1 (March 10, 1992);
Los Angeles Times A23 (February 24, 1990), A4 (March 13, 1992). In
Boston and San Francisco, public transportation bans ads for tobacco and
liquor; New York just banned tobacco ads. New York Times 16 (June 27,
1992). The Minnesota Department of Public Health has launched a
$321,000 campaign to discourage women from smoking. A television
commercial shows two male ad executives admiring a billboard depicting
a young leotard-clad woman smoking. When one exclaims "Women
will love it," the billboard model comes alive and stubs out her cigarette
on his head. A radio spot has a female voice thank cigarette makers for
"your portrayal of us as shallow and superficial. . .for making our hair
smell like an ashtray. . .for staining our teeth and increasing our drycleaning
bills. . .for the 52,000 cases of lung cancer you cause in women
each year. We only hope we can return the favor some day." New York
Times s.1 p.7 (September 6, 1992).
The U.S. Treasury Department persuaded Black Death vodka (targeted
at young rock fans) to change its name to Black Hat, and Crazy Horse malt
liquor to alter its label so that it did not resemble malt whiskey. In the
summer of 1991 Heileman's introduced Power Master malt, targeted at
black men, but quickly withdrew it because of objections that the name
emphasised its high alcohol content (5.9 per cent). A year later it
introduced Colt 45 Premium in a can with the same design and an alcohol
content between 5.9 per cent and Colt 45's 4.5 per cent (regular beers are
3.5 per cent). When Dr. Novello condemned all three, the maker of
Crazy Horse replied: "A free society requires freedom of choice in many
areas, not the least of which is the consumer's right to select products they
find attractive or distasteful. They vote with their pocketbooks." New
York Times C1 (May 12,1992); Los Angeles Times A16 (May 20, 1992).
19 NewVo/* 777nesA32 (December 13,1991), B2 (December 16, 1991), B3
(December 19, 1991), A16 (January 17, 1992), s.4 p.4 (January 19,
1992), A4 (February 14, 1992), C1 (February 18, 1992), A11 (April 16,
1992). Prosecutors in Nebraska have won convictions against record
stores for selling 2 Live Crew's "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" to minors.
Los Angeles Times F1 (April 23, 1992). Washington State bars sales to
minors of records that a judge finds appeal to prurient interests and offend
community standards. New York Times 7 (June 13, 1992).
Nassau County (Long Island) has banned sales of trading cards depicting
"heinous crimes and criminals" to those under 17. The publisher of
the "True Crime" series—110 cards of law officers, gangsters, serial
killers, and mass murderers—said she sold 8 million in the first week
($1.25 for a package of 12). "They are the biggest selling cards we have
ever had. Every state where there has been an attempt to ban them,
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