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Senator urges FDA to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes
The Hill ^ | April 19, 2011 | Josiah Ryan

Posted on 04/20/2011 6:19:54 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes.

In a letter addressed Monday to the FDA, Blumenthal said the agency should ban menthol cigarettes because they encourage young people to smoke.

“The dangers of menthol tobacco products in general, and to our youth in particular, are highly concerning, and provide abundant grounds for FDA to develop a plan that will result in the removal of menthol from tobacco products to protect public health,” Blumenthal wrote in the letter, addressed to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.

Blumenthal is seeking a ban identical to the one imposed in 2009 on cigarettes flavored to taste like chocolate, vanilla, clove and strawberry.

Blumenthal cited a study completed by the federally established Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) earlier this year that found that menthol flavoring, like other flavoring, makes tobacco usage more attractive to young people.

“It is well-documented that the restriction of access to tobacco products directly impacts youth smoking rates and that FDA should take strong action to prevent tobacco companies from using menthol cigarettes to increase the number of youth who smoke," said Blumenthal.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ban; blumenthal; fda; mentholcigarettes; nannystate; richarblumenthal; richardblumenthal; tpsac
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Most of the young kids that I see that smoke are smokin Marlboro reds,


21 posted on 04/20/2011 6:57:34 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Figures don't lie, liars figure!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Blumenthal said the agency should ban menthol cigarettes because they encourage young people to smoke.

Better idea: ban them all.

22 posted on 04/20/2011 6:58:00 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: Doe Eyes

I agree...
but I was at the time I was thinking more about whether/how much peanuts or cotton I can grow
...what shows I can watch
...what books I can read
...which websites I can go to
...what I can say
...where I can say it
...who I can say it to
...what foods I can buy
...what medicines I can buy
...what dose should they be in
...how big my TV set is
...what kind of light bulbs I can buy
...how much insulation I should have in my attic
...how fast I can drive
...how my milk should be processed
...what days I can buy a beer
...


23 posted on 04/20/2011 6:58:55 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Tagline closed for repairs. Please use the next available tagline. We appreciate your patience.)
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To: NotSoFreeStater

IOW...The gubmint took away your freedom, so let’s take somebody else’s just to get even?

I understand Schadenfreude and I’m guilty of it sometimes. Think freedom for all.


24 posted on 04/20/2011 7:00:56 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Beware of the Socialist Government-Academia Grant Junkie-Rich "non-profit"-Liberal Media Complex)
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25 posted on 04/20/2011 7:02:42 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: Doe Eyes

Sorry, forgot to put my sarcasm tag on. I’ve noticed some of the biggest advocates against smoking cigarettes have no problem with legalizing pot.


26 posted on 04/20/2011 7:05:31 PM PDT by NotSoFreeStater (If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Yep, and those people who tell us every little thing we can and can't do are failing in spectacular fashion in national security, economy and social/cultural progress in our country.

The most incompetent and corrupt has beens and never wases control nearly everything.

27 posted on 04/20/2011 7:09:04 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Our national minorities need extra help from the nanny state.


28 posted on 04/20/2011 7:13:40 PM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: newzjunkey
"Better idea: ban them all."

Best idea: Ban people that want to ban cigarettes.
If we don't bother you, get outta our life - everyone.

29 posted on 04/20/2011 7:14:08 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If they manage to ban Menthol cigarettes, the tobacco company will simply re brand them as “cigars” and continue to sell them.

How do I know this?

Because that's what they did with clove cigarettes.

30 posted on 04/20/2011 7:20:29 PM PDT by Ham Hock
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To: NotSoFreeStater
Legalize pot, legalize tobacco...

...ban lighters and matches! /s lol

31 posted on 04/20/2011 7:25:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Did Dick smoke menthols in Vietnam?


32 posted on 04/20/2011 7:30:44 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What about freedom of choice?


33 posted on 04/20/2011 7:35:00 PM PDT by HotKat
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the ping!


34 posted on 04/20/2011 7:41:52 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: ccmay; Cboldt

LOL! First thing I thought of too.


35 posted on 04/20/2011 7:49:09 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes.

Not Kool Dick!

36 posted on 04/20/2011 7:52:56 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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To: Don W

Yo yo yo you comin’ foh mah Kools an’ mah Newpote?


37 posted on 04/20/2011 7:56:36 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

B...b...but menthol is most popular with blacks. Is he racissst?


38 posted on 04/20/2011 8:05:47 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There goes the black vote.


39 posted on 04/20/2011 8:11:33 PM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Must be because BluMENTHAL doesn't like his name. Holder will be all over anyone messin’ with his people.
40 posted on 04/20/2011 8:16:33 PM PDT by JPG ("Mr. President, GAME ON." - Sarah Palin)
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