Posted on 04/04/2024 2:59:42 PM PDT by Libloather
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – As millions of Americans head to their local gas station or store to purchase a new pack of Marlboro’s or Newport’s, they may soon see that their favorite type of cigarettes are no longer available for purchase.
According to an announcement made by the Food & Drug Administration back in 2022, the agency had begun planning to “propose product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars,” due to “menthol being a flavor additive with a minty taste and aroma that reduces the irritation and harshness of smoking,” and now business owners and organizations are beginning to speak out about the possibility of losing large amounts of sales that could lead to workers being laid off.
The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) estimates that a ban on menthol cigarettes would result in a $2.16 billion drop in revenues for the convenience industry, as the average convenience store sells $160,107 in tobacco products on average annually and $72,285 in non-tobacco miscellaneous sales every year. The ban would also affect some states as a whole, such as North Carolina, which saw over half a billion dollars in economic activity due to tobacco sales alone in 2022. A NACS spokesperson released a statement on the ban to Fox News Digital on Thursday saying, “The proposed ban would have the exact opposite results that proponents have championed. We hope that the FDA is reconsidering its policy in light of the evidence that these types of bans simply don’t work.”
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The brothers will be most displeased.
It’s being replaced with taco flavor
Oh my, marijuana is ok.
Load up on menthol cigarettes at the Indian Smoke Shop. Better returns than the DJIA.
The FDA is raciss.
Good. Malt liquor first now menthol.
Good way to drive black voters away in an election year.
Go Dems!
Trump should sell “Trump Ripple” - comes with a free pack if menthol blunts.
But pot is just fine....grow your own...just find a sunny window....
It's been my observation that they have already given up menthols in favor of weed.
black folks hit hardest.
“Racist.”
“ Oh my, marijuana is ok.”
Since Vicodin was scheduled, I’m good with marijuana being okay. I use it for pain management and I love it. Gets me through the night and Duexis gets me through the day.
They’re gonna lose tax revenue.
As soon as it is banned Trump should come out and say
“I don’t smoke, but if I did it would be menthols”
Kennedy should say “menthol is not as toxic as vaccines are today”
Joe Biden hates black people. (he really does)
This is democrats’ idea of “democracy”. They can go to hell.
This is just step one to a total Tobacco ban, you know, the incremental thing, frog in a pot deal.
Always the busybodies having to tell everyone how to live their lives. I always love pissing those assholes off.
Menthol already banned in MA .
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“I’m good with marijuana being okay. I use it for pain management and I love it. Gets me through the night and Duexis gets me through the day.”
Drug warriors accept no excuses.
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