Posted on 03/20/2025 2:08:09 AM PDT by Enterprise
President Trump’s second term in office has been off to a frenzied start, with much of his actions revoking Biden-era proposals and policies. The 46th president exceeded expectations for the depths he was willing to go with last-minute, perplexing decisions such as the one to advance a Food and Drug Administration proposal to establish nicotine limits for tobacco products. It was a final disappointment in a presidency full of them and a final parting gift to cartels and lawbreakers.
However, President Biden’s blunder allows Mr. Trump to fix this mistake and chart a more productive path.
The proposed regulation would mandate a reduction in the levels of nicotine found in cigarettes and other commonly used tobacco products. The reduction would be so significant that it would amount to a total ban on cigarettes. The language of the rule has not been made public, but the FDA and the White House have sold it as a way to get more Americans to stop smoking cigarettes. Unsurprisingly, the Biden administration’s approach does not reflect reality.
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I agree with you 100%.
I personally never smoked cigarettes as a punky teen in the 1980’s. Yet i grew up in a “smoking” environment (dad, step-mom, siblings and their significant others, co-workers etc....)
I loathe the warfare on cigarettes. especially things like forcing bars and restaurants to be 100% smoke free. If a bar wants to be a “smoke” bar, then it should simply need to be clearly displayed at the entrance to the establishment that this is a smoking facility and you shouldnt patronize the place if smoke bothers you.
In other words — FREEDOM OF CHOICE
If I want to go out with my golfing buddies to a steak restaurant in Manhattan while they all smoke up big cigars, thats my choice. If i want to go out for a dinner with my wife, she may prefer the new “smoke-free” steakhouse 3 blocks uptown.
basically you should be able to choose if your establishment is a smoking establishment or not. If smoke bothers you, dont patronize the place. If you need to smoke while having breakfast at the diner, then go to a smoking diner.
pretty simple to me
Let’s not compare tobacco and nicotine. There’s a reason the article calls it out how it does.
Recent medical science is showing a substantial correlation to nicotine use and overall positive health outcomes. This is the dirty little secret.
Nicotine is found naturally in our food. Tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant, and green and black teas all have nicotine in them naturally. Nicotinamide or niacinamide, also known as Vitamin B3, is structurally similar and functions very much the same way in the body which promotes lower blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, promotes good digestion, and reduces memory loss. Consumption of nicotine has also been proven to help with memory and concentration.
Tobacco itself and the additives used by the cigarette industry have been the bigger problem overall. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for you. Being exposed to smoke, smog, automobile exhaust, etc. has been directly correlated to lung cancer and poor health outcomes. The body can naturally heal from these exposures given enough time, but constant smoking of tobacco products doesn’t give the body the opportunity to heal.
I’ve never smoked cigarettes, but I was a regular cigar smoker and never inhaled. I’ve not had a cigar in months but I do use snus products for nicotine and do notice an increase in my cognitive abilities, especially memory and recall. Is nicotine addictive? Sure. I’m not arguing that point. It’s difficult to kick the habit, but it’s not impossible. You can survive without it, yes. You can get vitamin B3 from other sources. But if tobacco is the problem, why demonize nicotine directly?
More medical establishments are studying the effects of nicotine absent tobacco, and studies are starting to unveil the truth about nicotine: it’s far less dangerous in direct consumption than it’s been made out to be, and some studies argue it’s vital to long term health.
All things in moderation, as they say, albeit not through smoking.
I grew up in a home where my mother and grandmother both smoked. My grandmother died of lung cancer. I have never smoked except when I sneaked a couple of my mom’s cigarettes and tried it. I totally agree with you.
First tobacco, then meat, then sugar, then (Add a new one)...
Nicotine is not the problem at all in comparison to the chemical additives. The additives are ten times more addictive than the nicotine. Outlaw the additives and it would be much much easier for folks to quit. Pure Tobacco only... They do not need additives at all for any reason. There is no purpose for them except to make them extremely more addictive than if they were natural.
The war’s over, boys.
Just for the record:
In 2022, 11.7% of U.S. adults reported current cigarette use
As of 2022, the Japanese adult smoking rate was 14.8%
As of 2022, U.S. incidence of lung and bronchus cancer was 49.0 per 100,000 people
As of 2022, Japan’s overall lung cancer incidence was 30.5 cases per 100,000 people
The science dictates that there is something else happening.
You are correct about tobacco vs nicotine, but something else is driving cancers. The government should lay off nicotine - including for vaping, another discussion altogether - and focus on all the crap they let the makers add to the cigarette tobacco, including in the fields (yet another discussion).
As a former smoker (decades ago) who gradually moved to cigars ‘on occasion’ what maddens me is the taxation. I thought cigars were pricy until I ended up at a grocery customer service counter and, while waiting, noted the price of cigarettes was literally ONE THOUSAND PERCENT higher per pack than I paid when I smokes cigarettes.
I knew someone who died from lung cancer. They didn’t smoke.
I was checking that pesky constitution thingie and I still cannot find where the power to regulate tobacco was granted to the fed...
By restricting nicotine in cigarettes, the people that are hooked will have to buy more cigarettes to feed their addiction, this enriching Tobacco companies. That is why they did it. (It is all about the Benjamins and almost never about health- see Big Pharma). I do not smoke but I know these evil bastards in Biden’s regime...
I agree with everything you wrote. I personally don’t want to go to a restaurant where there is smoking, but I would support the idea that if a restaurant or bar clearly posted that smoking is allowed then so be it. I can eat there or not.
Thank you.
I agree. Thank you.
Saw what? Was it over just because General Sherman marched through North Dakota? I dare say NOT!
The taxing of cigarettes has been one great hypocrisy. Oh how they loathed evil tobacco. But my oh my how they loved the taxes it generated.
True. Each year there any number of people who die of lung cancer who never smoked.
You make a good point. And I think all taxes should be dropped on alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. But it won’t happen in what’s left of my lifetime.
Strange that they found cocaine in Biden’s White House. I wonder what else they were using, and I doubt it was evil cigarettes.
EVERY smoker knew someone who died from lung cancer who didn't smoke. /s
My mom died of lung cancer and her sister died of throat cancer. Both died in their mid-60s and both were heavy cigarette smokers. My dad smoked cigars or pipes, and he died at 89. Today's cigarettes are loaded with toxic chemicals which are why they are so deadly.
so if almost all nicotine was eliminated from tobacco products, and it’s the tobacco products themselves that kill [not the nicotine], wouldn’t nicotine addicts be forced to consume vastly larger quantities of tobacco products to satisfy their addiction, and therefore die even quicker than before?
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