A Nationwide Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Could Be Coming, and It’s Dividing Racial Justice Advocates

Capital B ^ | 2/19/22 | Margo Snipe

[bankwalker]

I remember hearing that Kools made your lungs bleed ...

[DuncanWaring]

...“The tobacco industry is on a narrow quest for profit, and they have been killing us along the way....

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Could say the same thing about the pharmaceutical industry.

[LibWhacker]

If you have to spend $9 on a pack of cigarettes...

WOW! When I was in the Army back in the late '60s, it was 11 cents a pack at the PX. Unbelievable it's $9 now.

My best buddy (a black dude) got me started on Kool menthol. Definitely damaged my lungs more than my old brand (Marlboro). Been 37+ years now since I quit, and still I suffer from the consequences.

Don't smoke, folks! And especially don't smoke menthols, though they taste much better.

[csvset]

Just because I got curious:

So was I , Newports are what I typically see.

[Travelin’ Right]

I’ve been in the industry for 32 yrs. Newports by far. Go to a c-store in an ethnic neighborhood and see for yourself.

[SkyDancer]

Well geepers, okay then.

[lee martell]

This is so stupid. More unrequested Nanny-ism.

[bankwalker]

I prefer Mike Tyson wisdom myself ...

[lodi90]

Menthol cigs bad. Skunk weed good. Ok, got it.

[rxh4n1]

I’m the whitest white cracker you’ll ever meet but I smoked Kools for 40 years.

[Bullish]

Menthol cigs bad. Skunk weed good. Ok, got it.

Point well taken.

[Lazamataz]

I still love you, though.

[Jaded]

My pasty white sister will be piS$ed.

[Cecily]

And clean needles to help those shooting up heroin and other drugs to stay hygienic. I sure hygiene is a top priority for junkies living in the streets.

[Rurudyne]

After nearly a hundred year break angry white Democrats resumed attacking black neighborhoods … only now they claim to be helping black people.

White progressives to black people: you’ll have nothing and be grateful to us for it.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

They hate joy.

[Rurudyne]

Allies of Big Tobacco never threatened to seize your bank account if you opposed their smoking mandate.

[FlingWingFlyer]

That’s what going on.

[Rebelbase]

Back when it was legal to advertise cigarettes on billboards the black side of town was plastered with ads for Kool and Salem.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You know I heard that for the first time recently, that drinking grape flavored stuff was supposedly a "black" thing.

I've favored grape flavored stuff since I was a kid and as far as I know for six generations I have no black ancestors.

Where does some of this stuff come from?