Why The Pipe Smoking Industry Is Dying | The Pipe Cottage

This is is rant from a well-spoken southern gentleman who wanted to open a brick & mortar tobacco and pipe shop, and the overreaching regulatory environment he faces from the State government of Kentucky that is quashing his dream because it demands the personal information of all his customers, which he rightly refuses to provide. This isn’t just about the tobacco business, folks — this instance is exemplary of the sort of tyrannical meddling and data harvesting we see in virtually every aspect of life in this, the formerly free, United States of America.