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25. It's more nuanced.

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 12:26 PM

Apr 27

It's not that they want to encourage smoking, but Black faith leaders are asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to drop her state budget proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and create a commission on the issue instead.

That's because 85% of Black people who smoke smoke menthol cigarettes, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. And if menthol cigarettes are prohibited in New York State, there are two fears: that it will open up an illegal black market for cigarettes from other states, and it will make Black people a target for police enforcement.

"Our concerns lie in our foresight, and the past and recent killings of unarmed Black men and women at the hands of police," said the Rev. Frank Bostic, pastor of Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church. "A prohibition will incite crime. A prohibition will drive people just a few miles down the road to reservations to purchase legal, menthol and flavored tobacco while police stop Buffalo's residents and ask where they purchased the menthol cigarettes."
[link:https://buffalonews.com/news/local/state-and-regional/black-ministers-would-like-to-see-menthol-cigarette-ban-go-up-in-smoke/article_785e9b98-ae20-11ed-a927-2bacc7e7fdeb.html|

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Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes [View all] Jose Garcia Apr 26 OP

When I smoked, it was always menthol... and I'm white as the driven snow. Talitha Apr 26 #1

MD Anderson Cancer Center thinks it's a good idea, and they explain why... kysrsoze Apr 26 #3

Thanks for the link, it was very informative. Talitha Apr 26 #15

The government banned all other flavors a few years ago, but Jose Garcia Apr 26 #4

Agreed Ojerly Apr 26 #7

And marijuana remains on the Schedule 1 list. Why does tobacco companies' profits outweigh public safety? kysrsoze Apr 26 #2

Tobacco companies are not reason Jose Garcia Apr 26 #8

BS speak easy Apr 27 #27

Are you saying that President Biden is a racist? Jose Garcia May 1 #31

No one said that. Bucky May 1 #32

CDC research on African Americans and cig menthol usage Bucky May 1 #33

My own explanation for that has always been (and this is anecdotal, not based on any data or polling, etc.) Aristus Apr 26 #9

How many more deaths will occur before Menthol gets banned like every other flavor was 15 years ago ? MichMan Apr 26 #5

Good idea. Turbineguy Apr 26 #6

Good idea to not give the repukes and their orange maga leaders ammunition to attack the administration and use it to kimbutgar Apr 26 #10

+1. A smart move dalton99a Apr 27 #26

Sorry all, but this is a political move. hedda_foil Apr 26 #11

I'm trying very hard not to interject my opinion here. I've typed 5 posts and deleted them. But, I'll stay mum. keopeli Apr 26 #12

Menthol is more than a flavoring for cigarettes. Menthol (aka. mint) opens the breathing channels. Earth-shine Apr 26 #13

Big Tobacco approves MichMan Apr 26 #14

Big Tobacco is lying that African-Americans In NY will be policed for menthol cigarettes. Marcuse Apr 26 #16

If the majority of people except Big Tobacco is in favor of a ban, why delay it ? MichMan Apr 27 #17

It's more nuanced. Marcuse Apr 27 #25

A national ban per the OP would adress those concerns MichMan Apr 27 #29

A majority of the Congressional Black Caucus supported the ban. Celerity Apr 27 #18

That's a shame. I'm very disappointed to hear this. Oopsie Daisy Apr 27 #19

I never saw the point in this. All cigarettes are bad. Ban them all or don't ban them. Vinca Apr 27 #20

bingo its like banning red wine but not white dembotoz Apr 27 #21

From the link in post #3 MichMan Apr 27 #22

Embracing an "all or nothing" philosophy generally results in accomplishing nothing * Oopsie Daisy Apr 27 #23

There are always flavor injectors. The Grand Illuminist Apr 27 #24

I worked at a gas station. GreenWave Apr 27 #28

I did too. I could spot the Marlboro smokers when they entered the door. It was so rube red, we sold lots of snuff and Silent Type Apr 27 #30