Biden delays menthol cigarette ban after black leaders tell him it's racist

Post Millennial ^ | 12/6/23 | Katie Daviscourt

[CFW]

The Biden administration has delayed its ban on menthol cigarettes after strategists warned President Biden that it could negatively impact his support among black voters.

Leaders in the black community claim that the ban would foster an underground market and cause police to target black smokers in a disproportional manner, the Washington Post reports.

Since the black community has drastically dwindled its support for Biden over the past few years, the president's administration isn't taking any chances despite updated health guidance from the FDA and CDC.

According to data from the CDC, 81 percent of black smokers opt for menthol cigarettes.

[CFW]

Menthol cigarettes are an important health issue unless banning them may cost Biden votes. Once "black leaders" tell the Biden handlers it may tick off reliable voters, then the menthol cigarettes becomes less of an important health issue.

[BlueLancer]

So it isn’t that critical of an issue then, I guess.

[Salman]

Banning menthols just enriches enterprising criminals.

[Sacajaweau]

How did this Menthol ban even come about. It’s stupid.

[frank ballenger]

You mean he’s a cheap, inferior, low character, dishonest political slimeball? That’s a shock. /S

[workerbee]

Since the black community has drastically dwindled its support for Biden over the past few years,

Wow, yeah, they must be down to, what -- 98.7% now?

Cuz, ya know -- Orange Man Bad.

[Sacajaweau]

I really don’t believe that 81% stat.

[ansel12]

This was so obvious in the Army, that blacks smoked Kools.

[escapefromboston]

I generally dislike playing the “race card” but just banning menthols is pretty racist against blacks. Try to ban all smokes if you think it’s important, not just the type one group prefers.
That being said, smoking is a nasty habit but it shouldn’t be banned

[Fledermaus]

Colt 45 was next. Guess not now.

[NohSpinZone]

Democrats really think lowly of blacks, don’t they? Apparently, blacks are so stupid and helpless, they can’t decide for themselves what brand of cigarettes they want to smoke.

[NautiNurse]

It seems menthol causes more severe chronic respiratory illnesses than non-menthol smokes. Go figure.

[escapefromboston]

Maybe Trump can come out in favor of menthols to get a few extra black votes.

[rellic]

Anytime you ban a drug, you create a black market.
Democrats are too stupid to figure that out.

[cgbg]

Lefty thinking:

“Black people are so stupid that we have to stop them from smoking dangerous menthol cigarettes. Marijuana is fine though.”

[dsrtsage]

I hope he doesn’t put his sights on Skittles and Purple Drank

[Dr. Sivana]

I really don’t believe that 81% stat.

I sold cigarettes in the Hyatt Regency sundry shop in downtown Chicago. The number sounds pretty close, at least in the early '80s. The black men opted for Kools (pronounced Kə-oo). The black women tended to go for Newports or More. The mainstreamers went for Marlboro, Winston, Camels or Benson & Hedges. The white women for Virginia Slim. An occasional southern would opt for Lark. The Japanese liked Kent more than the rest of the world. The hardcore got Chesterfield King size (unfiltered). And anyone who wanted a Tareyton had a French accent.

I remember one Frenchman who didn't care for my English. He wanted to buy "stehmps". I asked him what stehmps were. "What? You don't know stehmps?"

Oh! You mean stamps! (I said emphasizing the short "a" sound that he was incapable of making). He was annoyed with me.

[TomGuy]

How did this Menthol ban even come about. It’s stupid.

Leftists have to find something to ban or they are not happy. They wake up and ponder what they can try to get banned next. It is their goal in life. It is their whole life. They live to ban. They are not happy unless they are making others unhappy -- and they do that by banning things.

[Psalm 73]

Next thing you know, Biden’s going after Colt 45 Malt Liqueur....

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Is Post Millennial somehow a ghost company of the Bee? ;-)