Eighty national public health groups, including the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Preventative Medicine, placed a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post in support of a federal ban on menthol in cigarettes and all flavored cigars.
“The answer is clear,” the full-page ad says. “Saving lives starts by ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars.
“Smoking kills nearly half a million people in the United States each year, and these addictive, deadly products are a big part of the problem. The FDA and White House have our full support to release lifesaving rules prohibiting menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars.”
Doesn’t matter if it’s only for adults. Same with alcohol. Cirrhosis is a major issue and we don’t ban flavored liquor. Let adults do what they want with their bodies.
Juul was a problem because they fucking effectively marketed towards teens with their ads. Vaping is immensely safer than cigarettes though from a second-hand smoke perspective.
What really pisses me off here besides telling an adult they can’t have something that almost entirely affects them is the fact that menthol and swisher bans disproportionately affect Black people.