Eric Garner’s mother urges Sen. Schumer to oppose Biden’s menthol cigarette ban, citing its potential to ‘hurt blacks and Hispanics’

Breitbart ^ | 11/10/2023 | Josh Christenson

[ChicagoConservative27]

The mother of Eric Garner sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday asking him to oppose the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which she says could lead to “increased negative encounters with police in communities of color.”

“Senator Schumer, you have been a longstanding advocate for the people of New York and have shown a commitment to tackling tough issues with both courage and compassion,” Gwen Carr wrote in a Nov. 9 missive exclusively obtained by The Post.

“It is with respect for your role and faith in your leadership that I urge you to lend your voice to those of us who harbor legitimate concerns about the FDA’s proposed menthol ban.”

[nonliberal]

Dude was murdered by the NYPD.

[usurper]

You can't make this stuff up.

It will be fun, instead of stop and frisk the cops will stop and sniff. What could go wrong.

[Graybeard58]

Smoking is nasty, filthy and disgusting.

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Which has absolutely nothing to do with this article.

[Graybeard58]

My dad smoked Kools - for most of his cigarette-smoking career, which ran
from age 13 to age 75.

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I started at 13 also, quit after 50 years at age 63. I’m 78 now and breathing just fine. Doc appointment just yesterday, oxygen level 99.

[Chickensoup]

Menthol ciggies were a staple in the black areas

[xp38]

Would menthol weed work?

[ChildOfThe60s]

When I was in high school in the late 60s, every black person that I knew who smoked, smoked Kools. They also tore one corner off the bottom of the pack to get them out. Never opened the top of the pack.

[GaltAdonis]

I smoked for 21 years - and quit at age 42.
I'm breathing fine also. Now I am.
But one late May morning I started coughing, and coughing - I couldn't stop coughing.

So I figured that I had to make a decision to either stop smoking - or stop breathing.
I made the smarter decision, obviously.

[5th MEB]

I will; and I roll my own just to escape the worst of the taxes.

[GaltAdonis]

PS: I'm 59 now.

And my oxygen level was 99 yesterday also.
Seems like it's almost always 99.
Except when I do a heavy workout - then it might drop 1 or 2 percentage points.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, racism, right. Imbecile.

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[fieldmarshaldj]

"Is there anything on this Rock that black folks don't see as racist?"

Yes. Their own racism.