Menthol Cigarettes Should Be Banned, Says Group

[The Straight Story]

Menthol Cigarettes Should Be Banned, Says Group

Menthol cigarettes will not be banned by a newly introduced legislation, but health officials are urging that these tobacco products pose health risk and don't deserve a special treatment.

A new bill on Menthol cigarettes, passed by House and Senate committees and pending for Congress approval, bans flavored cigarettes, such as strawberry, chocolate, fruit, candy and spice flavorings, but allows menthol ones. Several former government health officials - including former US health secretary Joseph Califano Jr., Tommy G. Thompson, Donna E. Shalala, Richard S. Schweicker, Dr. Otis R. Bowen, F. David Matthews - urge lawmakers to restrict menthol cigarette production as well.

This new legislation would allow FDA to regulate tobacco industry: to approve tobacco ingredients, to allow introduction or advertisements of tobacco products. However, the bill doesn't allow the agency to ban cigarettes entirely. At this point, menthol cigarettes will be banned only if FDA confirms that these cigarettes pose health risk.

One out of 5 deaths in US is caused by tobacco, and health officials are looking for ways of how to ban smoking. Menthol cigarettes currently take more than the quarter of entire market and 80% blacks, teenagers and new smokers smoke these cigarettes. This is why the law is being considered as clear discrimination towards blacks by Joseph Califano Jr. It is also considered as a low protecting tobacco company interests.

http://www.emaxhealth.com/58/22854.html

[DS1]

1. Great, now I want a Newport

[greenbriar]

2. bullshit

Virginia Slims Menthol Luxery Lights 120s


bann it I will go postal

[onehandle]

3. Remove the word "Menthol" from the subject line. nt

[gateley]

4. If I'm going to smoke

I'm going to smoke what I want. And that means KOOLs!

[The Straight Story]

5. Do they have pot in Menthol flavor?

that would be nice! :rofl:

[lynnertic]

6. Yum! They turn your lungs christmas colors

[The Straight Story]

7. And the air in bakersfield turns mine smog/exhaust color

Green would be better imho :)

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. Stupid.....The only reason they want to ban menthol is....

because it makes for a smoother cigarette and by logic, it isn't as harsh as a regular therefore there might be that person that wouldn't smoke if all they could get were regulars.
Maybe we should make ice cream illegal, unless it had no sugar, therefore people wouldn't like they taste and wouldn't eat it.....therefore..... they wouldn't get Fat and cost us all more health care money to support their addiction to food.
Same logic

[Wizard777]

9. They are trying to bring tobacco into the war on drugs,

When they do we need to arm ourselves in this "war" against us. Take a look at Iraq. That's "war." When our government uses that word toward us. That is what they are saying they want for us. Bit's and pieces of us littering bloody streets. That's what war is and don't let anyone tell you any different.

[libnnc]

10. I used to smoke Menthols and I quit because I heard

that they were much worse than regular cigs. I used to smoke Benson & Hedges or Newports.

I still crave them sometimes.