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Greeley City Council bans free tobacco sampling

December 4, 2007

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A major tobacco company will no longer be allowed to give away free samples of chewing tobacco at the Greeley Stampede.

Greeley City Council passed a city-wide ban on the free distribution of tobacco Tuesday night by a narrow 4-3 margin.

Opponents of the ban said government shouldn't take the choice to use tobacco out of the hands of the public. Proponents insist a ban is necessary to protect the health of Greeley residents.

In addition, Mark Reinert, chairman of the Greeley Stampede Committee, has said the Stampede may lose a sponsorship from U.S. Smokeless Tobacco if the ban passes. U.S. Smokeless provides a scoreboard and the manpower to run it to the Stampede as part of its sponsorship. Stampede officials say it could cost $200,000 to replace the scoreboard and operators if U.S. Smokeless pulls its sponsorship.

While it was unclear Tuesday night whether U.S. Smokeless Tobacco will indeed pull its sponsorship from the Stampede, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco representative Andrew Lee previously said the company "prefers to sponsor events that allow sampling."

Lee said last week, however, that his company still sponsors some events where tobacco sampling is prohibited, though it is unclear if Greeley could be one of those places.

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