Posted on 04/27/2021 1:09:05 PM PDT by Dahoser
The Food and Drug Administration appears likely to move to ban menthol in cigarettes this week — a step, experts say, that has been years in the making and that could have a significant positive impact on the health of Black Americans.
The FDA's decision would not ban menthol immediately, but rather kick off the rule-making process to do so, which could take years.
"The winds are definitely in our favor," said Delmonte Jefferson, executive director of the Center for Black Health & Equity, citing both the decades of data that show that the cooling flavor in cigarettes makes it easier to start smoking combined with the current cultural momentum toward improving the lives of Black Americans.
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Other vulnerable groups might also benefit. LGBTQ communities also have higher rates of menthol tobacco use, as do adolescents.
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Run roh. Give me a couple days to get the windows boarded.
Vagina slimes?
Hey! Be nice! My ex used to smoke those!
“If this doesn’t kill the black Democrat vote, nothing will.”
I worked with a black engineer. He was politically active in his church. When we talked, he understood intellectually how bad the Democrats were for blacks. But I’d hear him on the phone in his cube talking about getting out the vote for Democratic candidates. Somehow, there was a disconnect in his brain between what he knew was true about Democrats, and, actually voting for more Democrats. I never understood that.
He was well educated and, due to being an army brat, spoke fluent German. But he was culturally trapped in a special purpose universe where he knew one thing, but somehow ignored it so he could help perpetuate it.
Purple drank
Now they REALLY have a reason to riot and loot. Get them menthols before they disappear.
The assault on tobacco was incremental but successful.
I have a horse in this race because my brother was killed by a drunk hispanic who ran a red light out in California back in October, 2001.
Can't ban booze tho because too many law makers enjoy it.......
Hmm, so menthol cigarettes largely effects DEM voters; therefore, must be banned to preserve the vote......./s
Let them decide for themselves what to smoke. The cradle to grave government has already done enough damage.
Both my grandfathers smoked cherry tobacco. I remember stealing swisher sweets at the drug store when I was five — they were conveniently in the same rack as the candy.
Malt is next!
Malt is next!
Here is an interesting article:
It looks like smuggling from Switzerland will be one option for organized crime.
When I smoked, it was never menthol. That stuff tasted gross. In fact, when I decided to quit, I bought a pack of menthol so that when the cravings became too strong and I felt I had to light up, it was menthol that would quickly put me off. I quit in October, 1989, and have never had a relapse.
First slavery, then Jim Crow policies and the KKK, and now the democrats are going to ban Kools...
Better get ready folks, this ain’t going to be good
I remember Parliments. One type came in a red package, the other type came in blue.
Alcohol and unhealthy foods have escaped the nanny state so far—but we are dealing with fanatics here—so no product is safe.
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