Posted on 01/07/2025 7:34:20 PM PST by packagingguy
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with a regulatory rule in the final days of the Biden administration that would effectively ban cigarettes currently on the market in favor of products with lower nicotine levels, which could end up boosting business for cartels operating on the black market, an expert tells Fox News Digital.
"Biden's ban is a gift with a bow and balloons to organized crime cartels with it, whether it's cartels, Chinese organized crime, or Russian mafia. It's going to keep America smoking, and it's going to make the streets more violent," Rich Marianos, former assistant director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the current chair of the Tobacco Law Enforcement Network, told Fox News Digital of the proposal.
The FDA confirmed to Fox Digital on Monday that as of Jan. 3, the Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Certain Tobacco Products had completed a regulatory review, but that the proposed rule has not yet been finalized…
"This decision is being thrown down the public's throat without one ounce of thought and preparation. Nobody sat down with law enforcement, nobody sat down with any doctors, No one sat down with any regulators to find out, ‘Hey, look, what are the unintended ramifications of such a poor choice,’ and that's what I'm going to call it, a poor choice," Marianos said.
He explained that Mexican cartels are well-positioned to bring illegal tobacco across the border, as they do with substances such as fentanyl that have devastated communities across the U.S., while Chinese criminal organizations have some of the best counterfeit operations stretching from baby formula to cigarettes, and Russian organized crime groups have their foot in the door in cities across the nation…
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I’ve never smoked cigarettes either but I agree, it’s a freedom issue. What’s next, beer?
While I’ve never cared a bit for the use of tobacco, I would think they would ban sugar before tobacco.
I’ve been stocking-up on cartons of Marlboro (short red flip top box) for several years, and rotate from the 10-15 cartons monthly, but there are 12 down in the “Prepping Stores” in the basement. I’m set for a while.
That doesn’t bother me; those cigarette taxes were basically the state profiting from addiction. Maybe the governments can do us a solid and lower them back to the sales tax rate (in Escambia County, FL, that’s 7.5%).
Cue the wrath of the anti-cigarette brigades . . .
I’ve never smoked cigarettes either but I agree, it’s a freedom issue. What’s next, beer?
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Yes of course..
Islam pays off lots of politicians.
Stock up cigarettes rolling machines and tobacco.
Here are filter versions
Back in the day we did a 10 course meal on new years eve that took 2-3 hours, usually had one or maybe two couples over. Dunhill (blue box) were the one pack a year we would smoke.
Heh, reminds me of the old “Zig Zag days”, back in the late 60s.
Democrats don’t care about democracy.
They never represent the people but feel like they have the right to impose on us whatever they want.
Liars all.
What’s wrong with nicotine? That’s not the bad stuff in cigarette smoke.
Yes, it’s addictive but so is caffeine.
EC
In early 70s we used LARADO cigarette machines when cigarettes reached 50 cents a pack
I had an uncle from Estonia. He either. Smoked unfiltered Camels or tore off the filter from Pall Malls, and smoked them. He smoked four a day.
The Obama Cabal is blatantly petty and vindictive. What a bunch of evil @$$h0les.
Marberry Shorts is what I smoke in Cali and then they went to almost 10 bucks a box! Here in AZ I smoke Seneca at 4bucks.
But in Cali I started rolling my own at probably 2 bucks a pack..
I may quit altogether as I like to explore around here in the Hi Desert...
Always something Amigo!
I’ve never heard of those brands. Marlboros are over $102/carton now, but I’ll stay with them for a while, I guess.
Marberry is my term for Marlboro box and At 10 bucks a box-——OUCH!
Seneca comes from the Yavapi Indian Rez tobacco shop and they taste like Marboro.
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Ammo is cheep and I’m using That up alot out here so That helps.
I still have some Camels from the early ‘90s.
So, it is just a regulatory rule, written by the FDA, so, it is not a law. So, the next leader of the FDA, can have them right it out of the regulations, just as easy.
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