How about we just fuck up the cigarette companies rather than doing even more prohibition/war on drugs shit?
I could see banning menthol cigarettes being done in good faith if flavored vapes were widely available, but it looks like they're trying to ban both. This is how you create black markets that will get people killed.
People who are illegally selling black market menthol cigarettes will be targeted, though. I'd rather not see the cops murder someone for selling menthol cigarettes on a street corner.
I'm not sure if all vape flavors have been banned, or what the specific extent of the ban is, but yes something like that is already in effect. If menthol flavored vapes are banned too, then it's pretty obvious this isn't about the health of smokers.
I can't think of anything that differentiates menthols from other cigarettes, other than that being more common among black smokers than white smokers.
Ton of studies have shown menthols to be more addictive and thus harder to quit. I know people who smoke menthols, and despite not smoking as many per day as other people hooked on more normal cigs, it's been much harder for them to kick the habit
Clickbait shit. Menthols absolutely deserve to be banned
How about we just fuck up the cigarette companies rather than doing even more prohibition/war on drugs shit?
I could see banning menthol cigarettes being done in good faith if flavored vapes were widely available, but it looks like they're trying to ban both. This is how you create black markets that will get people killed.
This is different from the war on drugs shit in that there won't be any legal scrutiny on the smokers themselves.
Also haven't flavored vapes been banned for a couple years now?
People who are illegally selling black market menthol cigarettes will be targeted, though. I'd rather not see the cops murder someone for selling menthol cigarettes on a street corner.
I'm not sure if all vape flavors have been banned, or what the specific extent of the ban is, but yes something like that is already in effect. If menthol flavored vapes are banned too, then it's pretty obvious this isn't about the health of smokers.
Why menthols and not cigarettes in general?
I can't think of anything that differentiates menthols from other cigarettes, other than that being more common among black smokers than white smokers.
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Ton of studies have shown menthols to be more addictive and thus harder to quit. I know people who smoke menthols, and despite not smoking as many per day as other people hooked on more normal cigs, it's been much harder for them to kick the habit