[QUOTE]Back in June we noted that the FDA was about to get a lot more say over the tobacco industry if Congress approved a new bill. Well Congress did, and so yesterday the FDA flexed its new muscles by banning fruit, herb, spice, and candy flavorings from cigarettes. That's right: clove cigarettes were just banned by the FDA, which is bad news for gothy teens and great news for everyone else.
But one particular herb wasn't banned (emphasis ours):
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09-23-2009, 09:25 PM #1Very good NBA starter
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09-23-2009, 10:05 PM #2I'm Back
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used to smoke black and milds when i went to the strip clubs. i won't miss em tho
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09-23-2009, 10:06 PM #3Fire Byron
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is this for real? The FDA and DEA have more power than the president. I doubt this will pass
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09-23-2009, 10:08 PM #4~the original p.tiddy~
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now they just need to figure out how to ban tobacco all together...
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09-23-2009, 10:10 PM #5NBA sixth man of the year
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WTF? Wow I have a black and mild on the desk next to my keyboard as I type this. Was just smelling it through the wrapper.
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09-23-2009, 10:11 PM #6Fire Byron
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when i got gas today i saw black and milds for sale at the counter.. I don't smoke either so i don't care either way... doesn't seem constitutional though if you ask me
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09-23-2009, 10:11 PM #7NBA rookie of the year
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wtf i love milds hopefully dutches are not on that list.
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09-23-2009, 10:13 PM #8Hardwood Hero
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You are missing the point. The FDA, like many other powerful agencies, are in bed with corporate america. Their interests are NOT the american people, but their wallets.
Originally Posted by ~primetime~
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09-23-2009, 10:15 PM #9~the original p.tiddy~
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candy cigarettes are banned too dude... Originally Posted by triangleoffense
tobacco kills more people than like every other possible cause of death combined...
the constitution needs to f*ck off with this one, unless you want to see cocaine at gas stations...
black and milds are also ghetto as f*ck anyway...
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09-23-2009, 10:16 PM #10~the original p.tiddy~
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then why did they ban flavored tobacco? Originally Posted by Showtime
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09-23-2009, 10:16 PM #11Blu Ray
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speak for yourself Originally Posted by ~primetime~
*puffs*
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09-23-2009, 10:21 PM #12Come touch it, Dave
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There's no way that's true. Stop lying. Originally Posted by ~primetime~
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09-23-2009, 10:22 PM #13Fire Byron
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cigerattes and menthol is still legal. and in america the #1 cause of death is heart problems, so i guess they need to ban fast food too? Originally Posted by ~primetime~
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09-23-2009, 10:23 PM #14Blu Ray
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Remember, 70.6243% of statistics are made up on the spot. Originally Posted by Knuck the Ficks
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09-23-2009, 10:24 PM #15Hardwood Hero
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Did you not just read the post? Originally Posted by ~primetime~
[quote]So why wasn't menthol included on the banned additives list? Aside from the fact that banning them would cut nearly between a quarter to a third of the profit out of the industry and waste decades of niche marketing, the [B]Act that gave the FDA this power was co-authored by ginormous tobacco company Philip Morris (now called Altria), which had a clear incentive to keep menthols on the market but shut out the flavored cigarettes that smaller competitors have been introducing. (Sort of like how the big toy companies pushed through the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
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