Posted on 04/28/2022 7:09:43 PM PDT by Morgana
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to ban the use of menthol cigarettes in America, a move that had been called on by anti-tobacco groups, anti-teen smoking groups, racial justice groups in America.
The move had been expected since the beginning of the Biden administration last year, when the President made it a priority to tackle upward trends in teen smoking.
Menthol cigarettes - often colloquially referred to as just 'menthols' - are known for their mint-like flavor, and have been associated with the higher rates of smoking, and smoking-related illnesses, in black Americans over recent decades.
Flavored cigars, like cigarillos, are set to be banned as well. Both moves come as part of a larger effort by the FDA to crack down of flavored tobacco products - blamed for an increase in teen smoking.
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I wondered if someone would post this.
this attack on the communities of color would not have happened under (pick your previous president)
GO Brandon!
I don’t think this will be seen as racial justice by those menthol smokers.
just stupid...
Up next Kool Aid and grape soda.
Biden hates black culture.
It’s a remnant from Corn Pop, he was a bad dude...carried a chain.
Does menthol really make a difference in taste anyway? The tobacco in it smells good until you light it up then it stinks.
I am an ex-smoker and was over getting my hair cut.. In front of the smoke shop was a fairly new car I looked down inside and the ashtray was overflowing with cig butts..
Yes, it’s quite a difference.
They taste very different.
I remember there were cloves back in the 80s
I think those were banned with far less deaths than may be attributed to mRna sticks
Most excellent.
Same administration that gives away free crack pipes.
These are the days of our lives, marijuana worshiped and tobacco demonized.
It’s a mandate. Enjoy it.
Elon should buy a cigarette company and let people have freedom of choice.
Some day the data will come out that these kovid krap gummit forced vaccines killed a higher percentage of people in a year than menthol cigarettes do.
Noooooooooo...not “blue drank”. Please don’t ban dat.
Blacks voted for this dingbat, live with it.
They were around after the 80’s.
I remember having some. They crackled when you inhaled.
The ban on menthol cigarettes will be as effective as Prohibition was in stopping the sale, manufacture and importation of intoxicating liquor. Look for widespread bootlegging, home made menthol cigarettes and organized crime stepping up to meet public demand. I’m certain the Mexican drug cartels will have another product to smuggle and sell in the US
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