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Old 04-29-2022, 3:53pm   #1
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Default Banning of menthol cigarettes

I am surprised there is not an uproar about this. Hell, when our government begins to ban a flavor, we are in serious trouble.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pres...uth-initiation
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Old 04-29-2022, 4:15pm   #2
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Black licorice is next.
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Black licorice is next.
OMG, it's licorice of color, you racist!
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While I don't smoke, govt ban is a bad thing. Seems likely people would just buy different ones, not quit like they are predicting
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Over the many years of being a construction worker I worked with a lot of different people. As many smoked it was obvious that the methanol ones were predominately smoked by blacks.

Rather surprised with their way too many screams of racism on any little thing that they are not up in arms against their right to smoke what they want.
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I am going to buy stock in camel brand smokes because the Camel Crush will give that menthol flavor back.
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Why do you think menthols were preferred by blacks?

I'll offer my theory based on 60 years on this planet and attending school with, working with, and being friends with many blacks.

This is a broad brush statement BUT, in MY experience, many had bad teeth and bad breath and there was a misnomer that the menthol was a more pleasant odor and more pleasant taste than they naturally had. Like a burning breath mint.
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Why do you think menthols were preferred by blacks?

I'll offer my theory based on 60 years on this planet and attending school with, working with, and being friends with many blacks.

This is a broad brush statement BUT, in MY experience, many had bad teeth and bad breath and there was a misnomer that the menthol was a more pleasant odor and more pleasant taste than they naturally had. Like a burning breath mint.
Statistics derived from market analysis.

My wife smokes menthols, and trust me, they do not make her breath minty fresh.
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Long time nicotine addict and I think menthol can become a preference if someone is introduced to them early on. I’ve known people that switch to them when they have upper respiratory illnesses, thinking they help heal. Crazy.

FTR, I quit many decades ago and it wasn’t easy. I feel sorry for anyone stuck with the addiction. I’d be happy to see nicotine disappear but not by government edict. Kids need to be protected from becoming consumers of it but I’ll be damned if I know how?

Makes me sick seeing people invest in companies producing these products. No different than any other drug dealer, IMO. Getting rich killing folks. Sad.
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Never smoked here. I don't hang around any that do. Smoking is a crutch for those with issues. I don't need their problems trying to rub off on me.
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Never smoked here. I don't hang around any that do. Smoking is a crutch for those with issues. I don't need their problems trying to rub off on me.
How do you know so much about smoking or smokers if you’ve never smoked?

No offense but you’ve always struck me as an idiot. Your posts seem half-assed nonsense for the most part. Like you post just for the sake of participating but with little to no actual thought invested? Liberal gibberish.
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Smoked a few menthols as a teen. Always gave me a sore throat. Heard the flavoring is introduced onto the tobacco with microscopic particles of fiberglass. No idea if that's true but my throat sure didn't argue the point... And no idea why anybody would voluntarily smoke those things.

But gubbermint should stick to defending and administering the constitution, not our lifestyles. Few people worse than a safety Nazi in my book.

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In the Military the whites smoked Marlboro Camels and Winston's. The Blacks all smoked Kool's
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In the Military the whites smoked Marlboro Camels and Winston's. The Blacks all smoked Kool's
^ ^ ^ Truth.
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Don't forget the Newports.....
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In the Military the whites smoked Marlboro Camels and Winston's. The Blacks all smoked Kool's
Ok, but was it because they were targeted by those companies? Hell, I'm "targeted" 5 times a week by car warranty companies, but I have not felt the least bit compelled to get one.
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Over the many years of being a construction worker I worked with a lot of different people. As many smoked it was obvious that the methanol ones were predominately smoked by blacks.


That's why this ban is racist.
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While I don't smoke, govt ban is a bad thing. Seems likely people would just buy different ones, not quit like they are predicting


If they want people to quit, they should ban all tobacco products.
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If they want people to quit, they should ban all tobacco products.
They don't want people to quit. They want to LOOK LIKE they want people to quit. Doing so in a manner that appears to protect blacks is just a bonus.
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That's why this ban is racist.

For once they actually do have a real case of it. As of now what (if anything) are they doing about it! This agenda is being pushed by their democratic "masters"
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