Opposition from prominent Black and civil rights groups is threatening to permanently derail Biden administration efforts to ban menthol cigarettes. The ban has also pitted organizations that…
Opposition from prominent Black and civil rights groups is threatening to permanently derail Biden administration efforts to ban menthol cigarettes. The ban has also pitted organizations that…
What’s one legitimate reason to protest the menthol cigarette ban?
Making money off the sale of menthol cigarettes isn’t a legitimate reason. That money could just as easily come from the sale of chocolates or meat products.
Funny though; when I saw this I thought the ban was on the sale of menthol itself, which seemed concerning and futile.
Adults should be allowed to put whatever they want in their bodies, including menthol coolness.
This bill prevent adults from choosing what to put in their bodies and that would seem a legitimate reason to protest it.
The bill doesn’t prevent that; it’s not illegal to possess or smoke menthol cigs, just to sell them.
And adults definitely shouldn’t be allowed to sell anything they want. We’ve been there; it never ends well.
However, in this case it’s likely that the bill is being used to target “potential sellers in possession” which is stupid and should result in real disciplinary action for any LEO that attempts it. Since it never will, there’s definitely a problem. But the problem isn’t really with limiting the sale of menthol cigs.
Adult should be allowed to buy them. Making these illegal to sell infringes adults’ ability to acquire them, even if you don’t (always) throw them in prison when they do manage to get them.
That exactly the problem, and none of the government’s business.
Eric Garner was murdered for the suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes. I suspect this gives cops another reason to murder Black people.