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.
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.