• Dkarma@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is literally about saving black ppls lives dude get a clue. Google how many black ppl die every year from smoking and then Google what percentage of menthol smokers are white and then sit down and shut the fuck up.

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      6 months ago

      So if they banned malt liquor on the grounds of saving black lives, that wouldn’t be racist? What about fried chicken? Fried food causes cardiovascular disease. Orange soda causes diabetes.

      But that’s not even the point. The point is, he was going to ban them because they’re bad for you, but decided not to for the votes because black people smoke newports or something. he’s letting them die so he can get reelected

      • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        He’s letting them make adult choices like everybody else about their health.

        People don’t need to be saved from themselves, and it is extremely condescending to act like the black population has been bamboozled by menthol cigarettes any more or less than any other smoker.

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          6 months ago

          And I’m all about that. I think it’s ridiculous that the president was even considering banning menthol cigarettes. But what’s even more ridiculous is that his campaign manager or whatever put a focus group together and delivered research to his desk saying “Mr president sir, if you ban newports you’re gonna lose reelection because black people won’t like it” and so he decided not to do it.

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      6 months ago

      So you’re implying black people aren’t responsible enough to make their own decisions about their health and they need the feds to ban something they like for their own good. That’s the most white savior shit I’ve ever heard

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        6 months ago

        Menthol makes tobacco more addictive, so it’s more harmful than without. That’s the point of the ban in the first place

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          6 months ago

          Menthol makes tobacco more addictive

          That’s just straight up not true.

          And who cares. Let people have their vices. Stop trying to police people’s bodies.

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            6 months ago

            I’m not a proponent of banning drugs, just trying to find some reasoning behind it.