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Eric Garner’s mother urges Sen. Schumer to oppose Biden’s menthol cigarette ban, citing its potential to ‘hurt blacks and Hispanics’
Breitbart ^ | 11/10/2023 | Josh Christenson

Posted on 11/10/2023 12:12:03 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The mother of Eric Garner sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday asking him to oppose the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which she says could lead to “increased negative encounters with police in communities of color.”

“Senator Schumer, you have been a longstanding advocate for the people of New York and have shown a commitment to tackling tough issues with both courage and compassion,” Gwen Carr wrote in a Nov. 9 missive exclusively obtained by The Post.

“It is with respect for your role and faith in your leadership that I urge you to lend your voice to those of us who harbor legitimate concerns about the FDA’s proposed menthol ban.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: chuckschumer; cigarette; ericgarner; garner; gwencarr; kool; menthol; newport; newyork; raciss; schumer; tobacco
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dude was murdered by the NYPD.


21 posted on 11/10/2023 1:25:25 PM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
You can't make this stuff up.

It will be fun, instead of stop and frisk the cops will stop and sniff. What could go wrong.

22 posted on 11/10/2023 1:30:55 PM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: SVTCobra03

Smoking is nasty, filthy and disgusting.

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Which has absolutely nothing to do with this article.


23 posted on 11/10/2023 1:54:12 PM PST by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: GaltAdonis

My dad smoked Kools - for most of his cigarette-smoking career, which ran
from age 13 to age 75.

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I started at 13 also, quit after 50 years at age 63. I’m 78 now and breathing just fine. Doc appointment just yesterday, oxygen level 99.


24 posted on 11/10/2023 1:59:38 PM PST by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Menthol ciggies were a staple in the black areas


25 posted on 11/10/2023 2:26:57 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Would menthol weed work?


26 posted on 11/10/2023 4:14:03 PM PST by xp38
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I was in high school in the late 60s, every black person that I knew who smoked, smoked Kools. They also tore one corner off the bottom of the pack to get them out. Never opened the top of the pack.


27 posted on 11/10/2023 4:22:48 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Graybeard58
I smoked for 21 years - and quit at age 42.
I'm breathing fine also. Now I am.
But one late May morning I started coughing, and coughing - I couldn't stop coughing.

So I figured that I had to make a decision to either stop smoking - or stop breathing.
I made the smarter decision, obviously.

28 posted on 11/10/2023 5:35:56 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: kawhill

I will; and I roll my own just to escape the worst of the taxes.


29 posted on 11/10/2023 5:52:52 PM PST by 5th MEB
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To: Graybeard58
PS: I'm 59 now.

And my oxygen level was 99 yesterday also.
Seems like it's almost always 99.
Except when I do a heavy workout - then it might drop 1 or 2 percentage points.

30 posted on 11/10/2023 5:59:52 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Yeah, racism, right. Imbecile.

31 posted on 11/11/2023 8:20:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: A Navy Vet
"Is there anything on this Rock that black folks don't see as racist?"

Yes. Their own racism.

32 posted on 11/13/2023 6:56:33 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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