Menthol cigarettes have been historically heavily marketed toward Black Americans. And that's had a strong enough impact that when the Food and D*** Administration proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes yesterday, the agency specifically noted that the move would save the lives of 92,000 to 238,000 African Americans.

THANK YOU TO THE WHITE SAVIORS AT THE FDA

When you can't buy them at 7/11 they get sold illegally by the plug

Bro discounting no knock raids over cigs when they still do raids over weed

Businesses that sell them would be fined

Weed is criminalized

And why is weed criminalized

That is the point im trying to make

Ever since the end of Prohibition all bans or criminalization of substances have been in bad faith by the govt

So much unexplored ideology itt it's dishgushting

Gonna smoke cigs to give myself cancer so i can be free from your ideological nonsense

The point I’m trying to make is the a regulatory ban doesn’t have the same effects as a criminal one

Ffs there’s already a black market over nicotine products and no one is getting raided over it

ur coping way more than me

weed and cigarettes are both bad for you. but cigarettes are objectively worse for your physical health and thats not arguable

What would i be coping for if i smoke weed and not cigs lol

Weed has way more negative mental effects that people religiously try to deny

But they're both done for the same boof ass reasons and will do more harm than good

about time

Not sure what you’re basing that off of, saving millions from nicotine addiction is a massive social good

Alcohol also causes cancer and is way more harmful outside of the direct physical health consequences too

So let's ban alcohol?

Oh wait i enjoy alcohol let's not do that i cannot circlejerk and make myself feel good about not indulging in that vice so nah

Weed has way more negative mental effects

like what? this is vague, tell me more

Psychosis, links to schizophrenia

Also depression and anxiety

Like how banning d**** saved people from d****

anxiety
paranoia

if you smoke it u open urself up to lung issues

not denying that but seems like a harder link to prove than the known side effects of smoking cigarettes

smoking cigs causes all of these things as well (minus schizophrenia maybe idk)

plus the physical side effects

so its still worse

Making d**** not available at the corner store probably led to a lower percentage of d*** users, yes. Or do you think I should be able to buy Meth on Amazon?

Weed has much stronger links to anxiety and depression

Weed lowers motivatiom for a large portion of its users which is kind of important when it comes to depression

The only thing cigarettes are worse at when it comes to mental health is its addictiveness

Weed has much stronger links to anxiety and depression

is this for stoners or casual smokers who smoke here and there?

and is there kind of a consensus on this or is it still up in the air? cuz ive seen lots of conflicting studies on weed

i definitely think theres negative side effects but to what degree? thats whats hard to prove

Nah it’s all true.

Can’t really clarify the line between casual & stoner since it’s qualitative but yeah prolonged use of marijuana can compound into those problems depending on the individual

D**** affect everyone differently ofc, but if you already have prior conditions or they start after smoking, cannabis use can impact it negatively. It’s just very hard to see because you’re not going to die off weed like alcohol, pills, cigs etc.

Also CHS can develop from prolonged use as well, cause abdominal pains, appetite issues, nausea

I also heard this will just push people to buy more cigs faster to get their fix. Not trying to argue against it though