Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
by dragonwriter on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:24PM
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> But man, “ban menthols because Black people like them” sure feels a little weird.
> Like, I get that’s not exactly what’s going on. But.. it’s a little bit what’s going on?
Like other flavors have been, they are banned because of the youth impact.
The racial skew, and whose youth regulators previously were and weren’t concerned about, is why menthols were previously excluded from the flavor ban, but its kind of weird to call out eliminating the racially-motivated discrepancy as a problem.
> Like, I get that’s not exactly what’s going on. But.. it’s a little bit what’s going on?
Like other flavors have been, they are banned because of the youth impact.
The racial skew, and whose youth regulators previously were and weren’t concerned about, is why menthols were previously excluded from the flavor ban, but its kind of weird to call out eliminating the racially-motivated discrepancy as a problem.