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Somerset Park Commission snuffs out cigar plan, pleases freeholders 

BRIDGEWATER -- Freeholder Director Jack Ciattarelli is welcoming an apparent reversal by the Somerset County Park Commission on a recent proposal to sell cigars at five golf courses it manages.

"If that's the case, I think that's a positive development, and I greatly appreciate the park commissioners rethinking their position," Ciattarelli said.

Park commissioners voted during their regular Thursday meeting to reaffirm a previous ban on the sale of tobacco products at its facilities.

Commissioner Paul Consiglio, who introduced the resolution, said the commission has been a leader in promoting healthy lifestyles and the sale of tobacco products would send a mixed signal.

"For the amount of revenue it generates, it's not worth the black eye we would get by showing the people of Somerset County that mixed signal," Consiglio said.

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