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So Ald. Ed Burke wants to ban cigarette billboard advertising and vending machines. He certainly has never heard of the free enterprise system.

Tobacco manufacturers, like anyone else, have a right to advertise their product, free from harassment by the likes of City Hall politicians.

I dare say a court challenge to all of this would probably find the city on the losing end.