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Proposed Wisconsin law aimed at keeping flavored cigarettes away from kids

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If you want to buy cigarettes at a gas station or grocery store, you have to ask the clerk to get a pack from behind the counter or inside a locked case. 

Some other tobacco products, however, are sold out in the open, next to the candy and the beef jerky. 

Health educator Judi Zabel with La Crosse County likes a Wisconsin Senate bill that would restrict the display of those unusual tobacco products, in the same way cigarettes are separated from other items.

Tobacco companies have been criticized for new products aimed at young people, in a variety of flavors and package styles.

If the bill becomes law, a retailer who violates the tobacco display rules could pay fines of up to $500.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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