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Originally Posted by BrianL99
Oh, but it does.
Massachusetts has banned the sale of Menthol cigarettes. The FDA has announced plans to ban Menthol cigarettes all over the USA.
The currently controversy, is that plan is discriminatory, because African-Americans are more likely to be "addicted" to menthol cigarettes ... of course, that's because the big, bad tobacco companies, specifically marketed Menthol cigarettes to African-Americans.
I don't make this stuff up, I'm only reporting the news.
FDA says it will finalize ban on menthol tobacco products ‘in coming months’ | CNN |
Worked a few summers in an International Harvester foundry - a *very* dirty place. Coal mine level dirty. My black brethren not only tended to smoke Kools, but opened their packs from the "wrong" end. Told me it was for keeping the filter tips clean. Brilliant.