Maybe so although I think the 'increased repression' thing is also kinda hollow since it wouldn't be a criminalization of smoking menthols, it would be a restriction on the supply side (banning production and sale), like with flavored vapes where nobody is being frisked for mango juul pods, they iust banned them from shops. But yeah I don't agree with it as a policy (I smoke menthols) its just not a gotcha that the policy is racist because the fact that their sale disproportionately harms black people was part of the reasoning
Oh sorry for doubling up on that, but it was a very common response on this site in general when the proposal was first put forward, probably the mainstream view here which bugged me.
When I was growing up we had these very cool cigarettes that were all black, light tobacco and had sugar around the filters, so when you smoked them you could lick your lips and it would taste sweet. I knew dozens of youngs who started smoking on those, and its tough because I hate thinking the big gov would stop me from living my life, hated it even more back then, but those definitely shouldn't be sold, I regret starting smoking when I was a kid. I feel similar about menthols, I hate that they exist at all, but I will really resent if I can't get them, and not just as an addict, just because I wanna be able to live my life.
I also lived through the grossification of ciggy packets in the EU, where they made them all very ugly and look the same. I hate ads so I think that's brilliant, and it has helped
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Maybe so although I think the 'increased repression' thing is also kinda hollow since it wouldn't be a criminalization of smoking menthols, it would be a restriction on the supply side (banning production and sale), like with flavored vapes where nobody is being frisked for mango juul pods, they iust banned them from shops. But yeah I don't agree with it as a policy (I smoke menthols) its just not a gotcha that the policy is racist because the fact that their sale disproportionately harms black people was part of the reasoning
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Oh sorry for doubling up on that, but it was a very common response on this site in general when the proposal was first put forward, probably the mainstream view here which bugged me.
When I was growing up we had these very cool cigarettes that were all black, light tobacco and had sugar around the filters, so when you smoked them you could lick your lips and it would taste sweet. I knew dozens of youngs who started smoking on those, and its tough because I hate thinking the big gov would stop me from living my life, hated it even more back then, but those definitely shouldn't be sold, I regret starting smoking when I was a kid. I feel similar about menthols, I hate that they exist at all, but I will really resent if I can't get them, and not just as an addict, just because I wanna be able to live my life.
I also lived through the grossification of ciggy packets in the EU, where they made them all very ugly and look the same. I hate ads so I think that's brilliant, and it has helped
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