Posted on 09/01/2023 10:34:14 AM PDT by fruser1
The Food and Drug Administration will release its official plan to phase out minty tobacco products 'in the coming months', setting the policy up to be implemented in 2024.
It first announced that it would ban menthol cigarettes in April 2022 in what would be its most consequential regulatory move against Big Tobacco since 2009 when Congress banned all flavors in cigarettes – save for menthol.
Researchers from the American Cancer Society also concluded that the ban led to the state smoking rate to fall by one percentage point more compared to states without a ban.
Still, Massachusetts law enforcement has seen an illicit market emerge for the banned products. The state’s Multi-Agency Illegal Tobacco Task Force for Massachusetts said in its annual report out in February that high taxes coupled with the flavor ban has encouraged smuggling of tobacco products across states.
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KOOL!
Big gov wants only potheads
When l smoked many years ago l considered Kools a treat because l knew those things beat the sh*t out of my lungs and l when really wanted to chase the dragon l’d get a pack of Kools without filters. That was hard core.
LIBERAL Massachusetts was the first state to ban them back in 2020, now everyone drives to tax free NH to get their ciggies.
Next up…grape drink, Colt 45, Kangol hats, and Fila tracksuits.
I suggest we ban DEMOCRATS.
They ruin everything they touch. They make life UN-enjoyable. They are a bunch of Perverts and Sexual Deviants. It’s not that they don’t know anything it’s that EVERYTHING THEY KNOW IS F*CKED UP!
That was my first thought. Think the rats don’t care about the black vote anymore (they never cared about black people - just used them). The rats have pivoted to the illegal immigrant vote (and yes they will vote laws be ####ed).
“FDA to ban menthol cigarettes in MONTHS”
will be quite a boon for Indian reservations throughout the U.S. ...
“Are the Rats purposely trying to lose the black vote?”
yeah, all Trump would need to do to win the election is to announce he’ll bring back menthol flavor tobacco products ...
i’m thinking a quick drying menthol spray ... comes in pressurized spray cans ...
What’s next on the to be banned list, Flamin Hots and grape pop?
I guess I should buy a few cartons, then sell ‘em a few at a time....
They better leave the KFC & Popeyes alone
And return to MA to keep voting Democrat.
First they came for my KOOLs and I said nothing. Then they came for my Colt 45 and I could not keep quiet.
black people will be hit hardest. and shut up in advance, any virtual signaling a- holes.
That’s a black market starter. Thanks feds...
You guys are the bomb! (not in a good way either)
(more and more, we see you as the terrorists)
Tobacco repels lizards. The aliens don’t like it in blood, thus the ban.
they cant ban them on the Rez in NYState nor on the Rez in Canada
I love Colt 45, smoke menthols and am white & ex- Baltimoron
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