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Biden admin's proposed menthol cigarette
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Posted By: FlyRight, 10/24/2023 6:04:22 PM

The Biden administration's proposed menthol cigarette ban could become a thorn in the president's side during the 2024 elections, political operatives planning to run ads attacking him have told Fox News Digital. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initially proposed rules prohibiting menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in April 2022 to "prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers" and to "help adult smokers quit." After missing its August deadline, the agency said it remains a top issue, and they are nearing the end of the process. "Finalizing these two product standards remains a top priority for the FDA," Brian King, the director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: NorthernDog 10/24/2023 6:40:35 PM (No. 1585229)
KOOLs are popular among black smokers. Some will be irate to have their brand banned. And why only outlaw menthols?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: seamusm 10/24/2023 6:41:14 PM (No. 1585230)
Meh. Dims will just steal a few more votes to make up for it. Their voters are just slaves who volunteered for the job.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Ruthless 10/24/2023 7:45:37 PM (No. 1585259)
These idiots will be regulating toilet paper next. "C'mon, Man. Not a joke!!"
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Ruthless 10/24/2023 7:47:07 PM (No. 1585260)
By the way -- FJB.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 10/24/2023 8:34:38 PM (No. 1585292)
The Rats are running around like chickens with their heads cut off screaming that MAGA Republicans want to ban abortion. Trouble is, those same Rats want to ban everything else.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: mc squared 10/24/2023 8:37:43 PM (No. 1585297)
And the authority for the POTUS to ban a product comes from what?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 10/24/2023 9:18:28 PM (No. 1585322)
Would Vegetable lose black folks who puff on Kool menthols?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Venturer 10/24/2023 10:07:51 PM (No. 1585348)
Put menthol in Marijuana, and the government won't care.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Trigger2 10/25/2023 12:17:06 AM (No. 1585390)
Joey is at it again. He can't stand it without mandating what citizens can do or not do.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: chumley 10/25/2023 5:10:57 AM (No. 1585439)
Its not their business to ban anything. Thats the behavior of tyrants, which we already knew they are.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: homefry 10/25/2023 8:02:01 AM (No. 1585509)
Better leave them Newports alone joe!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: 3XALADY 10/25/2023 8:42:43 AM (No. 1585531)
Instead of worrying about menthol for kids, they should be worrying abot fentanyl for kids. It kills more than menthol cigarettes will.
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