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FDA poised to ban menthol cigarettes this week, experts predict
NBC News ^ | April 26, 2021 | Erika Edwards

Posted on 04/27/2021 1:09:05 PM PDT by Dahoser

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To: Dahoser

Run roh. Give me a couple days to get the windows boarded.


41 posted on 04/27/2021 1:29:02 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

42 posted on 04/27/2021 1:29:20 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: polymuser

Vagina slimes?


43 posted on 04/27/2021 1:29:31 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

Hey! Be nice! My ex used to smoke those!


44 posted on 04/27/2021 1:31:47 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Lazamataz

“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.


45 posted on 04/27/2021 1:32:05 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: william clark

Purple drank


46 posted on 04/27/2021 1:32:12 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Dahoser
It's not a toxic ingredient, it's just flavoring.
Let people enjoy something and leave them alone.

47 posted on 04/27/2021 1:33:38 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: gunnut

Now they REALLY have a reason to riot and loot. Get them menthols before they disappear.


48 posted on 04/27/2021 1:33:54 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Real happiness is one that you share)
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To: Dahoser
Go figure, the most destructive recreational product is alcohol which destroys more lives, more families and jobs in one year than a lifetime of tobacco usage.

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.......

49 posted on 04/27/2021 1:34:08 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Dahoser

Hmm, so menthol cigarettes largely effects DEM voters; therefore, must be banned to preserve the vote......./s


50 posted on 04/27/2021 1:34:30 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Dahoser

Let them decide for themselves what to smoke. The cradle to grave government has already done enough damage.


51 posted on 04/27/2021 1:34:55 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Anyone who uppercases black and lowercases White is a racist. )
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To: Dahoser

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.


52 posted on 04/27/2021 1:37:35 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Harpotoo

Malt is next!


53 posted on 04/27/2021 1:39:15 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Harpotoo

Malt is next!


54 posted on 04/27/2021 1:39:20 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Salman

Here is an interesting article:

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/eu-menthol-ban-tobacco-firms-offer-alternatives-to-cigarettes

It looks like smuggling from Switzerland will be one option for organized crime.


55 posted on 04/27/2021 1:39:24 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Dahoser

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.


56 posted on 04/27/2021 1:39:56 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: Red Badger

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


57 posted on 04/27/2021 1:40:09 PM PDT by shotgun
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58 posted on 04/27/2021 1:40:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ryderann

I remember Parliments. One type came in a red package, the other type came in blue.


59 posted on 04/27/2021 1:41:17 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Hot Tabasco

Alcohol and unhealthy foods have escaped the nanny state so far—but we are dealing with fanatics here—so no product is safe.


60 posted on 04/27/2021 1:41:43 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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