An emailer says, “Oh look… good to see that the paternal instinct has been around us in Wisconsin for more than 100 years…” about this:
1903 - Legislature Considers Banning Sale of Cigarettes
On this date the Wisconsin Legislature considered a bill to ban sale or manufacture of cigarettes in the state. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
Indeed.
I heard that back in 1903 Folmer A. Doyle was heard to say, “We don’t want Wisconsin to be the ashtray of the midwest.”