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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by hackinthebochs on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:44PM (#26988654)
>the basic answer is because tobacco causes a huge burden of problems, and there are only very small upsides to smoking for an individual

Doubtful. The real answer is that public opinion on smoking has turned so strongly against it that these bans won't create enough vocal opposition. The anti-vice authoritarians only stop here because they would be eviscerated if they tried to ban something like alcohol. But we should be careful about emboldening the moral busybodies with national victories.

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Re:FDA Moves to Ban All Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars by bustin on Thursday April 29, 2021 @11:27PM (#26989578)
>The anti-vice authoritarians only stop here because they would be eviscerated if they tried to ban something like alcohol. But we should be careful about emboldening the moral busybodies with national victories.

Bingo. The state is dictating virtuousness for our own good.

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