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FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars
The Associated Press ^ | April 28, 2022 | By MATTHEW PERRONE

Posted on 04/28/2022 12:41:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where there is demand there will be supply. it will just move to the black market, like reefer.

And the gubment will loose all those tax dollars. And I mean billions.


61 posted on 04/28/2022 1:54:31 PM PDT by CodeJockey (Politicians are to America as oligarchs are to Russia. )
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To: Rebelbase

Really?


62 posted on 04/28/2022 1:55:32 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
...the Democrat’s plantation management.

Yep. Ever notice the Democrats are always passing more laws to restrict the freedoms of Americans? Why is it that they never, ever pass legislation, or executive orders to expand the right of Americans? Always more laws that tighten the noose while adding more pressure of the government's heavy boot to the back of people's necks.

63 posted on 04/28/2022 1:57:16 PM PDT by Obadiah ("America is facing a winter of severe illness and death." Biden's own summary of his America.)
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To: M_Continuum

That’s what comes from electing the village idiots to public office.


64 posted on 04/28/2022 1:57:43 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: EEGator

What, are you counting my nomsayins? You taking a nomcensus?


65 posted on 04/28/2022 1:57:47 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: VeniVidiVici
I was a 2 pack a day from about 22 to 32, mostly Marlboro Lights. At the Base Exchange in Germany, you could buy up to 4 cartons a month, for less than $2 a carton (yeah, you read that right).

Shortly after the birth of my second child, I got wise and quit (almost) cold turkey. Oh, I had an occasional smoke on Thursday nights when I bowled, but that was it. My cravings would arise on occasion, but it wasn't long before I completely stopped.

I still enjoyed smoking, I guess I finally wised up.

66 posted on 04/28/2022 1:58:50 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Boogieman

Always son, ya feel me dog?…


67 posted on 04/28/2022 1:59:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: throwthebumsout

This is DEFINITELY racist! Everyone knows what demographic favors menthol flavored tobacco.


68 posted on 04/28/2022 2:06:17 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

EXCELLENT


69 posted on 04/28/2022 2:11:40 PM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2022 = 1984)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Any black person who votes for a Democrat, after this, is a confirmed idiot.


70 posted on 04/28/2022 2:15:21 PM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: Harpotoo
Oh yeah that will increase the Black vote!


Don' worry Mistah Biden! Fo' every
REAL black vote we lose, we just print out
TWO fraud ballots!

71 posted on 04/28/2022 2:19:10 PM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: Lazamataz
She doesn't talk like that.

Not many people do nowadays.

72 posted on 04/28/2022 2:20:26 PM PDT by x
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Doesn’t matter. That Aunt-Jemimah-lookin’, fraud-vote-creating, gap-toothed, overweight Ghettopotamus SHOULD talk like that.


73 posted on 04/28/2022 2:23:12 PM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: CodeJockey
Where there is demand there will be supply. it will just move to the black market...

Wait! What's THAT supposed to mean??

jest kidding.

74 posted on 04/28/2022 2:35:59 PM PDT by jimjohn (We're at war, people. Start acting like it.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Menthol is actually added to all cigarettes in small amounts to improve the taste. This law is really just a difference in degree and not in kind. If they think this is such a great idea, why not have a law that requires the manufacturers to put in additives that make smoking even more unpleasant and irritating? Why stop with cigarettes? Maybe they should make certain cheap alcohol products favored by homeless people taste disgusting to cure them of alcoholism. Do they really think people are so stupid?


75 posted on 04/28/2022 2:42:59 PM PDT by Dave Wright
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

YUGE brand new market for menthol cigs manufactured on injun reservations ... then purchased in bulk by re-sellers who in turn transport and sell blackmarket menthols on street corners in the hoods ... pretty soon, it’ll be taken over by organized gangs, driving out the original “entrepreneurs”, which in turn will spark vicious gang wars fought over territories ... gee, seems like we’ve heard about this happening before ...


76 posted on 04/28/2022 2:51:19 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: RummyChick

“It smelled so nasty to a non smoker.”

Even as a smoker I can’t stand them. I used to have to bum one occasionally from the black guys at school. It was like smoking toothpaste.


77 posted on 04/28/2022 2:58:54 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EEGator

Yes. There have been a couple of them in the area. The other one I’ve seen more often is a Twix candy bar Donk.


78 posted on 04/28/2022 3:01:58 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about banning Tobacco?


79 posted on 04/28/2022 3:11:36 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance)gg g)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It is in fact racist and it will not happen.


80 posted on 04/28/2022 3:42:32 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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