Probably a carry-over from the concern about flavored vapes, snuff, and chewing tobacco. The idea there was that flavored tobacco would turn kids into users.
The connection’s a lot harder to find with menthol cigarettes. Kools have been around so long that nobody finds them especially cool.
The left loves the “slippery slope” argument with tobacco—but got rid of the old one with marijuana.
They just make stuff up—and order people around.
Karenocracy.