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Mader's Tobacco court case

Kentville businessman Bob Gee is challenging Nova Scotia's regulations on store displays of tobacco under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Bob Gee speaks to reporters outside Kentville provincial court. Gee, owner of Mader Tobacco, lost his charter challenge of the provincial tobacco display ban on May 1.

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SadNovaScotian: - May 6, 2013; - 16 h 09

Lead can be extremely damaging to developing brains—especially in utero and many commentators (including this judge) note that “There is no safe level of lead, or tobacco” No law can be written proclaiming a standard of zero. As...

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