"Flavored" cigarette ban

[FSBlueApocalypse]

WTF

Quick FYI, I'm a very casual smoker. I smoke maybe 3-4 packs a year max and occasionally go to a local hookah lounge. I find out today that as of September 22nd, all flavored cigarettes (minus menthol of course) are going to be banned in the United States. This includes Djarum clove cigarettes. Of course it is to "save" the children, nvm that even the study the government used to support the ban said that teens are 25x more likely to buy a pack of Marlboro Menthols than clove cigarettes. First the government makes me pay twice as much for my cigs, and now I can't even get them in the United States. This doesn't reak of corporatism at all.

[MrBogosity]

Isn't there already a thread about this?

[Travis Retriever]

This might be the thread you speak of: https://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=131.0

[IceSage]

Isn't there already a thread about this?

No, there's not. The E-Cigarette thread is a bit different.

I'm sure people will start flowing in here tomorrow to start talking about this, so I would think a new, separate topic would be more appropriate, but obviously, it's your forum and your call.

I find a big difference between the E-Cigarette debate, and the new ban on flavored cigarettes.

Although, we did talk about how ridiculous the fear of off-cigarette products are to our youth, etc, in the other topic, this is a bit different.

Actual cigarettes and products we've had for ages now, are being banned. For the most retarded reason ever... because somehow, flavored cigarettes attract kids to wanting to smoke.

Those morons think flavored cigarettes are "Gateway drugs to pot."

They're taking away our freedom to freely buy a product that some people enjoy. Who is this ban effecting? Certainly not the kids. I've NEVER heard of kids going around having an active interest in flavored cigarettes. if a kid has an interest in smoking, they end up smoking. The flavor has nothing to do with it.

When I was a kid, I don't remember thinking, "OH MAN, THERE MUST BE TONS OF TASTY CIGARETTES, IT'S FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY" about cigarettes. I remember thinking, "Hm, I wonder what cigarettes are like and what tobacco tastes like. Well, when I'm of age, I'll find out."

Smoking is, indeed, dangerous to your health. However, so are a lot of things. It's a product that's been available for quite some time and is suppose to be for adults who want to take that risk.

When I turned 18, I was curious, and said, "Sure, what the hell, why not?" And my first cigarette was a flavored cigarette. It was okay, but I never got addicted.

From time to time over the years, I'll sometimes smoke. However, it's such a rare occasion and so moderate that I can recall the exact number of cigarettes I've had since I turned 18, and I'm now 24.

The number, 26.

Compared to those who are "addicted" to smoking, that's an insanely small number.

You don't see walking down the street 24/7 with a pack in my pocket. You don't see me rushing to go grab some apple cigarettes cause I'd think it would be fun.

It was my choice to do so, my body and my life to live. I'm in good health, and I have no "urge" to go smoke.

This ban is crazy. Some people are comparing it to things like flavored condoms. So, kids are going to have more sex and be more sexually active because of eatible underwear and cherry condoms? Are 12 year old kids being encouraged to have illegal sex with pedos because they might taste like grape?

Of course not, this is ridiculous.

I'm curious, by the way. I don't research the laws of my own country, the good ol' USA that much. I thought we were a free country, in which, the public has a say in certain things.

Since when can the government strike deals and negotiations with other companies and organizations, and go, "OKAY, LET'S BAN THOSE EVIL FLAVORED CIGARETTES FROM THE KIDDIES"