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Elizabeth Warren calls for a ban on menthol cigarettes because they are racist against blacks
BPR ^ | August 27, 2017 | Carmine Sabia

Posted on 08/28/2017 3:20:22 PM PDT by rickmichaels

Fake Native American Sen. Elizabeth Warren has joined other Democrat senators in calling for a ban of menthol cigarettes because they are racist.

Warren added her name to the effort led by fellow Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey and joined by Rhode Island Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, the senators argued that African-Americans have the highest mortality rate of all ethnic groups due to smoking related diseases, and Menthol cigarettes pose a greater risk.

The letter, signed by the senators, cited a 2011 study done by the FDA that showed “menthol cigarettes pose a public health risk above that seen with non-menthol cigarettes.”

They argued that this effect is greatest in the African American community because it is a target market.

“The tobacco industry has a long history of targeting menthol cigarettes to African-Americans and in particular African-American youth through strategic marketing and promotional materials,” the letter read.

“These actions have resulted in significant health disparities in communities of color,” it said.



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: crockajawea; elizabethwarren; fauxcahontas; lieawatha; mentholcigarettes; racecard
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To: Lazamataz
I do not know ONE person of color who smokes regular cigarettes.

I agree that it's mostly people of the color white who smoke regular cigarettes.

61 posted on 08/28/2017 4:17:18 PM PDT by ytrebil
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To: WashingtonSource

Kentucky Fried Chicken is next. Then Taco bell. LOL.

This really isn’t about slavery or racism (although it does help secure their voting block).

They are going after the Confederate generals, then the slave owning Founding Fathers, then their documents.

I really think this this about destroying the Constitution, the document the ruling elites truly hate.

It keeps them from absolute control of the people they think are too stupid to know what is good from them. (Read WikiLeaks about what Shillary thought of us.)The fake Indian probably(yeah,probably. LOL.) supports this thinking.

She is Shrill 2.0.


62 posted on 08/28/2017 4:17:34 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: rickmichaels

Whatever happened to “It’s my body. I’ll do what I please with it?” These meddlers are in every part of our lives.


63 posted on 08/28/2017 4:17:48 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: rickmichaels

How is menthol supposed to make a difference?


64 posted on 08/28/2017 4:18:04 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: rickmichaels

Guess Colt 45 and mary jane can’t be too far behind.


65 posted on 08/28/2017 4:19:46 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: rickmichaels

Don’t half step, Lieawatha, ban watermelons and fried chicken too.


66 posted on 08/28/2017 4:25:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: rickmichaels

They (the tobacco industry) even stoop so low as to invoke the name of this civil rights icon, in order to appeal more strongly to blah-blah-blah...

       


67 posted on 08/28/2017 4:26:47 PM PDT by Songcraft (Praise the Lord! Psalm 147:1)
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To: Rome2000

Not Purple Drank!


68 posted on 08/28/2017 4:27:37 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: vette6387

"WPLJ - White Port & Lemon Juice" - The Four Deuces


69 posted on 08/28/2017 4:36:35 PM PDT by Songcraft (Praise the Lord! Psalm 147:1)
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To: vette6387

But but but. What about skittles and purple drank?


70 posted on 08/28/2017 4:47:14 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: rickmichaels

The fake injun needs to put this in her peace pipe and smoke it.

When Obambi banned flavored tobaccos, he deliberately exempted menthol. Racist Barack Hussein Obama.


71 posted on 08/28/2017 4:55:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: dfwgator

When the fascist mayor of NYC banned 40+ oz soft drinks, he exempted malt liquor 40s. Racist mayor of New York.


72 posted on 08/28/2017 4:56:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: WashingtonSource

Michelle Obama, self-appointed Food Czar-Nazi, said that you have have some fried chicken AFTER you go vote Democrat. It’d be okay to cheat a little on diet AFTER to pledge loyalty to The Party.


73 posted on 08/28/2017 4:58:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: freedumb2003

Where I come from, it’s Philly Blunts. You crack them longwise, dump out half the tobacco, then pour in weed...


74 posted on 08/28/2017 4:59:56 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: rickmichaels
“The tobacco industry has a long history of targeting menthol cigarettes to African-Americans and in particular African-American youth through strategic marketing and promotional materials,”

As a smoker, I haven't seen one advertisement promoting cigarettes in over 10 years....The Nico-nazis got rid of them long ago.......

75 posted on 08/28/2017 5:02:00 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: rickmichaels
the senators argued that African-Americans have the highest mortality rate of all ethnic groups due to smoking related diseases, and Menthol cigarettes pose a greater risk.

So, just ban blacks from smoking. You know, in the name of freedom. You'd be doing it for their own good.

76 posted on 08/28/2017 5:10:57 PM PDT by libertylover (Fake News = Hate News)
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To: dfwgator

>>>What about Malt Liquor?<<<

The only Brand that is Racist is TRUMP 45.


77 posted on 08/28/2017 5:12:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: lizma2

Remember the doublethink from George Orwell’s 1984:

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

The rewriting and erasure of history is part and parcel of the totalitarian state.


78 posted on 08/28/2017 5:54:44 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: rickmichaels

And she didn’t call for a ban of alcohol to Indians, semi-Indians and just fake Indians as racist?


79 posted on 08/28/2017 6:08:17 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: BenLurkin

I could be jonesing hard for a smoke, but if I was offered a menthol I would try not to visibly blanch in disgust while saying “no thanks.”


80 posted on 08/28/2017 6:19:45 PM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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