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Stop trying to ban stuff.
Sincerely,
People that will get it whether it's legal or not since the beginning of time
Sincerely,
People that will get it whether it's legal or not since the beginning of time
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Stop trying to banning stuff.
Sincerely,
People that will get it whether it's legal or not since the beginning of time
Sure, but the issue isn't really legality in the first place. The issue is how do we protect our kids from crap marketed directly to them?
Fwiw, I don't think menthol or any other flavored smokes should be banned or restricted. I do think their marketing to kids should be severely restricted though.
I can't, but then, I don't smoke either, so I wouldn't know if they are or not. From the little of what I've read, it seems to be people looking for something to complain about rather than a legitimate problem.Can you give examples of menthol cigs being marketed to kids?
Sure, but the issue isn't really legality in the first place. The issue is how do we protect our kids from crap marketed directly to them?
Fwiw, I don't think menthol or any other flavored smokes should be banned or restricted. I do think their marketing to kids should be severely restricted though.
It would be easier to just raise the tax on them high enough to cover the public cost of healthcare associated with the perils associated with smoking.
If you're dumb enough to smoke at $20 per pack then so be it as long as it funds treatment.
Can you give examples of menthol cigs being marketed to kids?
The manufacturers would never do that. The nicotine is the whole point. Return customers who don't want to return but their body makes them. What a cash cow, why give that up?If anything, they should probably come up with a way to remove nicotine from tobacco. If that'd happen, it'd make cigarette smoking almost non-existent.
The race stuff is nonsense. This is about kids. The whole purpose of menthol is to get kids chemically addicted to the product before they are old enough to make an adult choice. I'm way more Libertarian than most people but protecting kids from addiction that becomes a drain on our health system is one of the few things that government is for.
Not at all. I think we are just pretty much screwed and will end up in an authoritarian state regardless because that is what will fill that vacuumAnd so adopting authoritarian measures is justified?
Whatever the source of the whole FDA was. I got a B- in con law but I think the "interstate commerce" clause is the the all-purpose answer to anything you don't like.I'm not sure if I agree or disagree with this, but out of curiosity, what do you see as the source of this government power/obligation?
Do you think this could cause a black market where people will sell non-taxed cigarettes? Do you think there could be poor outcomes by policing the black market cigarettes where say, police end up killing a man? Eric Garner's family would think there could be a problem here.
Whatever the source of the whole FDA was. I got a B- in con law but I think the "interstate commerce" clause is the the all-purpose answer to anything you don't like.
The founding fathers being largely tobacco farmers, I doubt you could find an "originalist" argument for it.