Any opinions on the FDA's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes?
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Looks like they are going after any flavoring at all. Swisher Sweets, etc.
Not sure if they are going after pipe tobacco as well. That usually is included since most pipe tobaccos are flavored. God forbid we have people enjoying a flavored tobacco, but smoking pot will be encouraged.
They can have the swishers, leave my coffee infused cigars alone!
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Only within 125 feet of a polling place...
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Expect about a thousand more Eric Garner incidents.
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I’m against over regulation. Maintain the Trump rule: for every new reg, you must cut 2.
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An infantile, abitrary way to make policy.
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Why? When you can easily cut 10 moronic regs for every one added, cutting 2 seems like a good start.
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An awesome way to cut out deadwood regulation that's far more nuanced and targeted than you realize.
It requires those who want a regulation to sift through old regulations and trim out deadwood. How badly you want the new regulation determines what you are willing to part with, and it makes the proposer of the regulation target specific things that they feel that they can live without. Since you are a leftist and have rarely met a regulation that you didn't like, this is likely a LOT more painful to you than me, but there are SO many regs out there that this rule is easily accomplished on both sides for the foreseeable future.
Had Obama said it, you would be singing ithe idea's praises.
Back in the late 70’s there was a study
which stated menthol smokes did more damage to lungs than non-menthol.
It took 40 plus years to act on it?
The added danger is minimal
I spent years poring over tobacco data while working for a law firm doing tobacco litigation in the late 90s. Menthols are bad...but not much worse than regular Marlboros.
Also: Filters do nothing.
Of course, you did detailed work on this.How could we expect less from you?
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So, you're in favor?
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I think You misspelled “flavor”.
Other than that - WTF question is that?
Any opinions on the FDA's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes?
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Opposed
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Why?
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I don't like the nanny state stuff. Like the soda bans in NYC.
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I agree of course.
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Yep, with ya there.
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Why are they doing it?
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Not sure, but its going to piss off the Black Community.Menth are hard
to get already, since BLM has burned many of their stores
Unclear to me, unsurprisingly both sides of the issue cite race.
A couple of my own thoughts:
1. Could be a stepping stone to banning tobacco altogether.
2. Prohibition of substances doesn't tend to work, especially of they aren't going to make it illegal to possess.
3. Throws some cold water on Nigel's predictions of MJ legalization. Maybe it's a completely separate issue, but not encouraging.
Link: https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/551295-fda-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-bad-for-criminal-justice-health-policy
They banning malt liquor next?
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