The Baltimore City Council is proposing to ban the sale of flavored tobacco near city schools in order to keep young people from picking up the smoking habit ("City bill aims to curb flavored tobacco near schools," June 1).
Yet in my experience the phrase "to protect minors" rarely works to promote effective action. In today's world you have to look a little lower than "little children" to persuade.
A better argument to convince people to stop smoking would be to point out that smoking near dogs and cats is harmful to those poor creatures' health.
Nick Delambo, Baltimore