Biden delays menthol cigarette ban after black leaders tell him it's racist

[rangerrebew]

Biden delays menthol cigarette ban after black leaders tell him it's racist
The date has been delayed once again and is now set for March 2024.
 
 
Katie Daviscourt
Seattle WA
Dec 6, 2023
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The Biden administration has delayed its ban on menthol cigarettes after strategists warned President Biden that it could negatively impact his support among black voters.

Leaders in the black community claim that the ban would foster an underground market and cause police to target black smokers in a disproportional manner, the Washington Post reports.


Since the black community has drastically dwindled its support for Biden over the past few years, the president's administration isn't taking any chances despite updated health guidance from the FDA and CDC.

https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-delays-menthol-cigarette-ban-after-black-leaders-tell-him-its-racist

[rangerrebew]

Isn't he also racist for not wanting to save them from cancer?

[sneakypete]

Who says politics can't get any more ridiculous ?

All the problems that America has to worry about,and these goobers are making an issue out of non-menthol cigarettes versus menthol cigarettes?

[roamer_1]

And an audible sigh of relief wafts up from women in trailer parks all over the South and West.

[Wingnut]

And an audible sigh of relief wafts up from women in trailer parks all over the South and West.

80 to 98% of white women who smoke Newports are fond of brothers in the hood.

[libertybele]

Who says politics can't get any more ridiculous ?

All the problems that America has to worry about,and these goobers are making an issue out of non-menthol cigarettes versus menthol cigarettes?

    I have to agree with you.

[libertybele]

80 to 98% of white women who smoke Newports are fond of brothers in the hood.

Thanks for that tid bit of information.  You just never know what you're going to learn in TBR.

Just in case you wanted to increase your 'cigarette smoking' knowledge --     ---

Indigenous peoples (American Indians/Alaska Natives) smoke commercial tobacco cigarettes at a rate of 27.1% and have the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking among all racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.Indigenous peoples (American Indians/Alaska Natives) smoke commercial tobacco cigarettes at a rate of 27.1% and have the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking among all racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.

Menthol tobacco products make up 39% of the overall cigarette market. Half of today's adult smokers started with a menthol brand as teenagers, with menthol cigarettes being most popular among Black Americans: 85% of Black adults who smoke use menthols.

[roamer_1]

80 to 98% of white women who smoke Newports are fond of brothers in the hood.

Wouldn't know... but it seems to me that about two of every three redneck chicks that smoke, smoke menthols.
The ones that don't smoke Camels... or weed.

[sneakypete]

Wouldn't know... but it seems to me that about two of every three redneck chicks that smoke, smoke menthols.
The ones that don't smoke Camels... or weed.

@roamer_1

Or Camels AND weed,and then drink corn whiskey to clear their throats.

You ain't  partied until you have partied with a "good old girl".

Not  that  *I* would ever do such a thing,mind you.

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1

Or Camels AND weed,and then drink corn whiskey to clear their throats.

You ain't  partied until you have partied with a "good old girl".

Not  that  *I* would ever do such a thing,mind you.

You're preachin to the choir @sneakypete ... That's been my whole life.
Though I tended to avoid menthol gals... Unless they were waitresses. A redneck waitress gal is usually a cut above at handling me with back talk and sass. Always a plus.