Wednesday, September 30, 2009









Hey Garwood: What Would Jim Do?

One local neighborhood grocery store in Michigan is gaining national attention. The owner, Jim Hiller decided more than 8 months ago to impose a no cigarette ban on his store. The self-imposed ban was not prompted by the local municipality, county, or state. The owner Jim Hiller said he just decided that he would not sell the ‘cancer sticks.’

8 months later, he’s still in business, and has become quite popular.

For Jim Hiller of Michigan it was simple: he didn't want to be responsible for killing people, plain and simple.

Would that sort of self imposed ban work in Garwood? What grocery store has the courage to do that?

5 comments:

  1. This would never work! just go down the block and buy somewhere else1!

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  2. If the store owner doesn't want to sell them ok, but cancer sticks shouldn't be banned. We have something called free will...while it lasts in this country.

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  3. I agree! fee will! This would not work here.

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  4. i meant free will...

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