More Evidence Government Interference in Public Health Is Bad for Kids

I wrote in August that California’s ban on flavored tobacco was ill-advised for many reasons, one of them being that the “sin taxes” paid on tobacco fund the state’s “First 5” early childhood programs, and no alternate source of funding had been identified. While I’m philosophically opposed to state-funded early childhood programs, the fact remains that if they’re in place it’s a silly to pass laws that effectively slash funding for them without finding an alternate funding source, especially since slashing funding to something for “the children” is always unpopular with Democrats. Read More