Biden's war on smoking: Administration
plans to introduce new rules slashing
amount of nicotine in cigarettes to 'nonaddictive' levels
Daily Mail (UK),
by
James Gordon
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
6/11/2022 12:09:48 AM
The Biden administration is planning to push a policy that would require tobacco companies to reduce the level of nicotine in cigarettes sold in the U.S. The policy would see the amount of nicotine reduced to 'nonaddictive levels'.Although it would likely not come into force for several years, the move would likely disrupt the entire tobacco industry.Smokers needn't be too concerned in the short terms with a number of hurdles still to be passed.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Californian 6/11/2022 12:17:09 AM (No. 1182457)
Who still smokes?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 6/11/2022 12:50:50 AM (No. 1182468)
Might as well reduce the calories in food so people won’t get fat. Notice how government has to control EVERYTHING in life? For some pursuit of happiness is smoking a real full strength cigarette.
25 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 6/11/2022 1:21:11 AM (No. 1182478)
So this will assist the south of the border criminal gangs, providing another revenue source.
18 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 6/11/2022 1:43:47 AM (No. 1182488)
What is with this "rules" obsession? Whatever happened to passing laws? I don't think POTUS can just "introduce" rules whenever he feels like it.......
14 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
chumley 6/11/2022 1:59:11 AM (No. 1182492)
Why is this any of the governments business? Just go away and die you commie trash.
16 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
kono 6/11/2022 2:01:27 AM (No. 1182495)
The President can take the constitutional route and introduce legislation, or just order the FDA to regulate the amount of nicotine by fiat like the petty dictator he's becoming.
6 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 6/11/2022 2:11:56 AM (No. 1182496)
I quit smoking over 30 years ago so I am not a fan of smoking. What I see if this passed would be a creation of a black market for "full strength" cigarettes and it would be like Prohibition in the1920's only the Cartels profiting instead of the Mafia. The Law of Unintended Consequences applies.
16 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
varkdriver 6/11/2022 3:18:14 AM (No. 1182501)
Hey Joe, instead of this, why not slash ETHANOL levels in gasoline to safe levels, like zero??
17 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/11/2022 6:27:45 AM (No. 1182534)
Good lord, they're resurrecting every liberal shibboleth from the last fifty years.
10 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
PChristopher 6/11/2022 6:33:12 AM (No. 1182541)
This is what he worries about? He must be looking for another shake down.
5 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 6/11/2022 6:42:15 AM (No. 1182554)
Dang. Next thing he’ll try to do is reduce the amount of cocaine in crack. What is our country coming to?
7 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
franq 6/11/2022 7:26:05 AM (No. 1182584)
So people will start smoking 2 packs a day instead of one, to get the same amount of nicotine.
Big Tobacco sells more cigarettes, the Fed gets more tax revenue.
Just like the commodes you have to flush 3 times now to get the same result.
Brilliant!
16 people like this.
Seems like the globalists who want to depopulate would be all for tobacco.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
jinx 6/11/2022 7:51:10 AM (No. 1182605)
Why doesn't he speak out about drugs? Oh, because Hunter likes drugs. I hear Hunter is calling the shots.
6 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
udanja99 6/11/2022 9:07:25 AM (No. 1182704)
So, a little nicotine is less addictive than a lot of nicotine? Is a little fentanyl less addicting than a lot of fentanyl?
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
bad-hair 6/11/2022 9:23:13 AM (No. 1182729)
I finally beat it. Just got sick and tired of waking up feeling sick and tired.
Now I breathe instead of wheeze.
Try it. I've got a prayer to help you along.
5 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
franq 6/11/2022 9:33:39 AM (No. 1182747)
May God grant you success and deliverance, #16. I regularly pray for family members still enslaved.
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
nwcudagal 6/11/2022 9:40:41 AM (No. 1182761)
This idiot has more important things to deal with.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
padiva 6/11/2022 10:24:47 AM (No. 1182816)
More people need to smoke.
The government is relying on the taxes that cigarette buyers must pay.
0 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
privateer 6/11/2022 10:44:23 AM (No. 1182842)
ABV reduced to whiskey=5%; wine=2%; beer= .5%. Yeah, that'll fly.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Hazymac 6/11/2022 11:09:18 AM (No. 1182864)
Yep, we have yet another typically stupid move from the O'Bidiot administration. Where's Clinton Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, calling for "safer bullets"? Those were the days! I think she meant that guns should shoot jacketed sponge point Nerf rounds instead of lead.
"Safer" cigarettes are analogous to safer bullets. Who wants them? I smoked heavily (two packs a day) for more than twenty years before giving them up in January 1999 because my nephew wanted me to quit, and I was ready to quit. (Not an addictive personality, I have never gone back to them.) But while I smoked I didn't fool around, mainlining it, liking nicotine-loaded Turkish ovals, filterless Chesterfield Kings, filterless Camels {I'd walk a mile for a Camel!}, Nat Sherman varieties, Rothman's, and Sobranie Black Russian with gold filters and black cigarette papers. Tar and nicotine levels of all these brands were off the charts. When I smoked one of those black and gold cigs, I'd get lightheaded from the all the horrible tarry stuff inside that rich thick smoke. It was great. But I have moved on and never looked back. Within three weeks of quitting, I couldn't stand the smell of cigarette smoke anymore. The craving was cut clean off. I guess that's a blessing. Not everyone has an easy time quitting.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 6/11/2022 11:21:18 AM (No. 1182876)
All while doing their best to totally legalize marijuana. Hypocritical morons.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
navybrat 6/11/2022 6:28:22 PM (No. 1183167)
Would this law apply to Hunter? Maybe he could pass a law about smoking in bed while drugged out.
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