Posted on 04/28/2022 12:41:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people.
“The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers quit,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, in a statement.
He added that the ban would also be an “important step to advance health equity” by reducing disparities in tobacco-related diseases.
The Food and Drug Administration said eliminating menthol cigarettes could prevent between 300,000 and 650,000 smoking deaths over 40 years.
Menthol accounts for more than a third of cigarettes sold in the U.S, and the mint flavor is favored by Black smokers and young people. Menthol’s cooling effect has been shown to mask the throat harshness of smoking, making it easier to start and harder to quit.
The FDA said it will also seek to ban menthol and dozens of other flavors like grape and strawberry from cigars, which are increasingly popular with young people, especially Black teens.
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it won’t be long before it’s denounced as “racist”.
The country is circling this drain, and yet part of the government has the time and resources to fool around with this.
Who comes up with these stupid phrases? 🙄
Bring in your old boxes of menthols for free covid shots!
Riots to begin at sundown.....................
If mostly black people smoke menthol cigarettes, wouldn’t banning menthol cigs be considered racist?
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It would be like banning green jello from Lutheran suppers in the church basement. (the Catholics drink beer and play bingo in their church basements)
Banning addictive substances has such a long track record of success....
What a coincidence!
I was just reading last night the part in the Constitution that outlines the federal governments role in determining what types of cigarettes and cigars Americans are allowed to smoke.
I admire the Democrat’s plantation management.
Trump produced actual jobs and record low black unemployment.
The Democrats promised nothing, made up some BS about “black lives”, and now offer a good, swift kick in the teeth.
There goes the black vote.
I think you could make a sort of magic marker pen whereby simply drawing a line down a cigarette would add the menthol flavor back..
Would they then outlaw the menthol scented pens?
Isn’t this gibberish annoying?
yes...the minute they ban Kools and Newports
Show me your Lark pack!
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