Why is Biden banning just menthol cigarettes not ALL cigarettes?
Seems [b]RACIST[/b] to me
Even the LA Times agrees:
[quote] The ACLU and other civil rights groups sent a letter Monday to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock arguing against a menthol ban, claiming that it would perpetuate overpolicing in Black communities. But the FDA ban would not criminalize possession of menthol cigarettes, just remove them from the market. Local police do not enforce federal food and drug regulations. It would indeed be troubling if law enforcement used a ban on menthol cigarettes as a pretext to target communities of color further, but that is a separate issue better dealt with by criminal justice reform at the state and local level.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-30/editorial-banning-menthol-cigarettes-is-a-racial-justice-issue
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Even the LA Times agrees:
[quote] The ACLU and other civil rights groups sent a letter Monday to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock arguing against a menthol ban, claiming that it would perpetuate overpolicing in Black communities. But the FDA ban would not criminalize possession of menthol cigarettes, just remove them from the market. Local police do not enforce federal food and drug regulations. It would indeed be troubling if law enforcement used a ban on menthol cigarettes as a pretext to target communities of color further, but that is a separate issue better dealt with by criminal justice reform at the state and local level.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-30/editorial-banning-menthol-cigarettes-is-a-racial-justice-issue
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61-69, M
