Feds eye new regs on menthol cigarettes

The Hill ^ | July 23, 2013 | Julian Hattem

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Feds eye new regs on menthol cigarettes

Nanny State PING!

[2banana]

A homosexual lifestyle is much more unhealthy than a heterosexual lifestyle.

Why does not the government regulate it?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

There are menthol condoms, and menthol “personal” lube — will they be regulated?

[bigheadfred]

Menthol cigarettes are purchased disproportionately by African-American smokers, with 80% of African-American smokers consuming menthol cigarettes primarily.

[ColdOne]

Yikes the man taking away a brothers smoke? That ain’t right!

/s?

[American in Israel]

More regulations = More Taxes.

[SkyDancer]

Is it racist of me to say most black people who smoke menthol cigarettes choose KOOL? The other, Newport causes crystals to form in the lungs from the menthol. That added to the tar really kills the lungs. And them. And you.

[bigheadfred]

The problem is that the bill exempts mentholated cigarettes from FDA oversight.

[FreedomPoster]

Dang, you beat me to it! LOL

[Venturer]

If they are taking a science based decision why are they asking the public what to do.

The public hasn’t got access to science’s answer.
Science is mostly guessing anyway

Science hated salt and loved Fish oil until last week.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[elkfersupper]

Well, I've smoked cigarettes for the last 50 years and don't intend to stop.

Never smoked the menthols, but it's pretty apparent to me that the feds want to just suck all the joy out of life.

I have gotten to the point that I really don't care what these autocrats do anymore. Pretty soon, they will run out of people who even care about their B.S.

[Chode]

why? toooo many fags in the government...

[tet68]

Something else to think about, these are not the
menthol cigs from years ago.
I heard some clerks talking about them and they use
some kind of capsule that is broken to release the
menthol, they had a name for them but I don’t recall
what it was.
I quit 35 years ago.

[Aqua225]

Never tried a newport, but I know people who have noted it’s a high brow cigarette. It just got marketed well to the black consumers who now buy it above just about any other brand.

Evidently, the Tobacco is of a better quality in a Newport. A few months ago, I could have told you more, but I don’t keep up with it anymore (because I’d probably want to smoke again).

I did have a cigar last weekend, and it was so nice, and yet, I felt bad about doing it. Too much peer pressure to forsake tobacco completely. They make me feel guilty for possibly taking myself away from them.

I still support folks smoking if they want. But I have better things planned to draw the land in sand about personal bad habits :)

I still love the smell of NC Tobacco curing. Wish I could bottle that smell!

[Boogieman]

Bet a whole lot of black folks are having second thoughts about voting for Obama now!

[MrBambaLaMamba]

I thought that black criminals were the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.

[JouleZ]

Kool! /sarc on

[sarasmom]

Oddly enough SkyDancer, I prefer to smoke SkyDancer Menthol Gold 100s.
(I am mostly caucasion)
And it may not be racist,exactly, but it may not be factual to claim “most menthol smokers who are black” choose the brands KOOL or Newport.

Do you have a current scientific study to back that claim up?

My “study” isn't scientific, but merely my own observation of other smokers brand choices, and what is being stocked and sold locally.
$3.74 a pack beats the over $6.00 single pack price for certain old, established menthol brands, such as KOOL and Newport.