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Feds eye new regs on menthol cigarettes
The Hill ^
| July 23, 2013
| Julian Hattem
Posted on 07/24/2013 5:14:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; Alia; altura; ...
Feds eye new regs on menthol cigarettesNanny State PING!
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:15:46 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(I don't always vote, but when I do, I SURE AS HELL DON'T VOTE DEMOCRAT!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A homosexual lifestyle is much more unhealthy than a heterosexual lifestyle.
Why does not the government regulate it?
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:20:11 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
There are menthol condoms, and menthol “personal” lube — will they be regulated?
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Menthol cigarettes are purchased disproportionately by African-American smokers, with 80% of African-American smokers consuming menthol cigarettes primarily.
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:25:19 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(INFIDEL)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yikes the man taking away a brothers smoke? That ain’t right!
/s?
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:26:51 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
More regulations = More Taxes.
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:26:59 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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.
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:32:46 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: ColdOne
The problem is that the bill exempts mentholated cigarettes from FDA oversight.
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:34:06 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(INFIDEL)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Dang, you beat me to it! LOL
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:35:51 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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.
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:40:02 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Eric Blair 2084
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posted on
07/24/2013 5:58:34 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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.
To: 2banana
why? toooo many fags in the government...
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posted on
07/24/2013 6:04:34 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: SkyDancer
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.
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posted on
07/24/2013 6:09:36 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: SkyDancer
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!
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posted on
07/24/2013 6:21:41 PM PDT
by
Aqua225
(Realist)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Bet a whole lot of black folks are having second thoughts about voting for Obama now!
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I thought that black criminals were the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.
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posted on
07/24/2013 6:24:21 PM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Obama lies, smokes, blasphemes, eats pork, reads your mail, eavesdrops and drinks during Ramadan)
To: bigheadfred
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posted on
07/24/2013 7:13:41 PM PDT
by
JouleZ
(You are the company you keep.)
To: SkyDancer
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.
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posted on
07/24/2013 8:04:35 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(The obvious takes longer to discover for the obtuse.)
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