I guess when I smoked em a month ago, I was probably a lil sick as to why they gave me headaches. Newports ain't giving me headaches anymore. But at least it's good to know I can have MLs as my backup brand if menthols DO get banned.
There already IS a black market for cigs. But I guess if menthols got banned, I can see a new version of a black market opening up. Where cig dealers get cases and cartons of menthols from other countries and bring em into the USA.
If the NAACP thinks banning menthols will save more lives in the Black community, one of their reps needs to visit Chicago and get guns banned. THAT would save lives. Not banning Black smokers' #1 brand Newport (and other menthols).
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Can you say Stupid? I freely admit that I started smoking as a teen. I am approaching six decades of life and I have never seen "candy flavored" cigarettes. Most smokers started either smoking what their parents smoked or their friends. I may be wrong and feel free to correct me, but this is one time that it may be appropriate to play the "race card". Amongst my friends the vast majority of the menthol smokers are black followed by women. As a libertarian I generally abhor race being used in politics but in this case a ban would fall disproportionally on my black friends. P.S. You would not believe the crap I have gotten from the far left for using a MLK Jr quote in the forums fighting the bans.
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.~Martin Luther King, Jr
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