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A comment on FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars. Parent comment

Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by jolux on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:33PM (#26987071)
>Nobody smokes because it tastes good, menthol or not.

I was just talking with some online friends yesterday who smoke and say they would never have started if it weren't for menthols, so I think you're wrong about this.

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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by olyjohn on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:42PM (#26987701)
Yes but most cigarettes are not menthols. And a good portion of the people I know who smoke hate menthols... so there's that anecdote. I only know one person who smokes menthols, and the rest just smoke regular cigarettes and did not start by smoking menthols.
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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by jolux on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:36PM (#26988189)
It might not be what gets the majority of people, but clearly it gets some, and the parent said "nobody."

I will also note that my friends started when they were teens and no longer smoke menthols.

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