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FDA's proposed menthol cigarette ban could save 248,000 Black lives in 4 years
The Philadelphia Tribune ^ | May 20, 2021 | Stephen Williams TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Posted on 05/21/2022 5:10:11 PM PDT by Apparatchik



On April 28, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes, which are smoked by more than 18.5 million people ages 12 and older. More than 85% of menthol smokers are African American. By comparison, 30% of menthol smokers are white. Menthol cigarettes are also more popular in the Latin and Asian communities. From that date in April, the public, including the tobacco industry, has 60 days to make comments.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 480,000 Americans die from tobacco-related disease, every year. This is including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.

For its part, the tobacco industry said a ban could push the sale of menthol cigarettes underground and cut more than a third of all cigarettes sold in the U.S. It would also eliminate about $20 billion in sales and many jobs.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; amish; cigarette; craving; hypocrisy; menthols; nannystate; nicotine
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The nanny state strikes again. No mention in here that abortion kills twice as many black babies in each four-year period. [See CDC: 117,626 Black Children Killed by Abortion in One Year]

The difference? The black men have the freedom to choose to smoke.
1 posted on 05/21/2022 5:10:11 PM PDT by Apparatchik
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To: Apparatchik

Looks like Whites are going to become a minority much quicker than projected.


2 posted on 05/21/2022 5:14:54 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Apparatchik

“ More than 85% of menthol smokers are African American. By comparison, 30% of menthol smokers are white”

Libtard math 🤪


3 posted on 05/21/2022 5:15:18 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Apparatchik
You can have them but you can't want them.


(Je ne fume pas.)

4 posted on 05/21/2022 5:15:23 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: Apparatchik

So about half of what they abort?


5 posted on 05/21/2022 5:15:27 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Apparatchik

More than 85% of menthol smokers are African American. By comparison, 30% of menthol smokers are white.


Is this true in all 54 states?


6 posted on 05/21/2022 5:18:57 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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Do they suppose blacks who smoke menthols will just give up smoking?

There will be contraband menthol ciggies smuggled from countries that do not ban them (same familiar US brands), and the customers will certainly not just be blacks. But guess which neighborhoods will have drive by shootings about the menthol trade? Because the existing gangs will be the street level dealers.

7 posted on 05/21/2022 5:19:01 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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“ More than 85% of menthol smokers are African American. By comparison, 30% of menthol smokers are white”

I'm not even good at math, but I caught that too! LOL!
8 posted on 05/21/2022 5:19:50 PM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: Apparatchik

My dad was a lily white. He smoked menthol cigarettes from 1944-1987 till he died at “threescore and ten”, exactly.


9 posted on 05/21/2022 5:24:39 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (http://montypython.50webs.com/scripts/Life_of_Brian/8.htm)
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To: Apparatchik

Menthol be white supremacists tool.

Throw away your Cools, bros.


10 posted on 05/21/2022 5:25:23 PM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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What about menthol handguns???


11 posted on 05/21/2022 5:26:01 PM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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Smart thinking! Taking away their cigarettes and booze will calm people RIGHT down!

*SMIRK*

All of you realize we are in for one helluva firestorm of a Summer, Right?

Plan accordingly, FRiends!


12 posted on 05/21/2022 5:26:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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What about Asians and Latinos?

Math is hard, says Barbie.


13 posted on 05/21/2022 5:27:20 PM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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Probably add another 35% to make 100%.

2 + 2 = 5


14 posted on 05/21/2022 5:28:32 PM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: Pollard

I’m still trying to break my addiction to candy cigarettes from the 60’s, Yo!


15 posted on 05/21/2022 5:29:18 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Apparatchik

What they’re saying is that blacks are too stupid to stop smoking mentholated cigarettes on their own. Racists!!


16 posted on 05/21/2022 5:29:35 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: CarolinaReaganFan

Hey, hey, hey. Get your facts straight. According to the Magic Negro, there are 57 states, and the Marine Corps is pronounced “Marine Corpse”.

😉


17 posted on 05/21/2022 5:29:57 PM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: Apparatchik
More than 85% of menthol smokers are African American. By comparison, 30% of menthol smokers are white.
The new mind-boggling math ...
18 posted on 05/21/2022 5:30:25 PM PDT by Cboldt
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This is including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.

Secondhand smoke exposure is a joke.

The only people severely effected are those with asthma or who are allergic.

41,000 deaths from that. I don't think so.

Deaths from smoking have been exaggerated for decades.

19 posted on 05/21/2022 5:31:51 PM PDT by marktwain
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Huh? 85% and 30% = 115%. Journalism...another easy path to a mediocre degree.


20 posted on 05/21/2022 5:32:28 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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