Because African American smokers tend to favor menthol over other types of cigarettes.
“In the 1950s, less than 10% of Black smokers used menthol cigarettes. Today, after decades of tobacco industry targeting, that number is 85%. Menthol cigarettes continue to be heavily advertised, widely available and priced cheaper in Black communities."
Wait… generally racists tend to want the race they hate to diminish, you banning a vice that is mainly associated with this race doesn’t seem like an act of racism to me, but the opposite.
And according to this article or this article, although both types of cigarettes are equally harmful chemically, mentholated cigarettes encourage the habit of smoking more and inhaling more increasing the consumption of carcinogenic chemicals.
So if we ban minorities from the logging industry, that’s the opposite of racism? It’s the deadliest occupation on earth…
Fisherman, truck drivers, roofers… ban minorities from all of it to save their lives, because that’s the opposite of racism.
See the flaw in the logic here? Targeting a demographic is, by the simplest definition, an act of racism. Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Banning minorities from entire industries would be to their ultimate benefit, and is obviously racist. Like Jim Crow obvious.
The only problematic thing is the mental gymnastics you’re doing, we are talking about an addiction, not a profession, you are making a false equivalence.
And although 85% of menthol cigarette users are black people, you are simply ignoring the other 25% and the remaining passive smokers.
This is a health issue, and aims to reduce the harm caused by addiction to the population, if the proposal were to criminalize the use of mentholated cigarettes I would see a point in your argument, but we are just talking about banning the sale, the only thing that will happen is that users of mentholated cigarettes will have to smoke something else. This is not a political issue.
And to make it clear how ridiculous this talking point is: If black people were 85% of crack users and the government banned its sale, would you come here and say that this is racist?
Because African American smokers tend to favor menthol over other types of cigarettes.
“In the 1950s, less than 10% of Black smokers used menthol cigarettes. Today, after decades of tobacco industry targeting, that number is 85%. Menthol cigarettes continue to be heavily advertised, widely available and priced cheaper in Black communities."
https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/industry-watch/menthol-report
Wait… generally racists tend to want the race they hate to diminish, you banning a vice that is mainly associated with this race doesn’t seem like an act of racism to me, but the opposite.
Furthermore “Another thought behind the Biden and FDA ban is that 85% of black voters use menthols. It’s been found that black men in America have the highest lung cancer death rate in America. Black Americans are also less likely than white Americans to be diagnosed with lung cancer at an early, treatable stage.”
And according to this article or this article, although both types of cigarettes are equally harmful chemically, mentholated cigarettes encourage the habit of smoking more and inhaling more increasing the consumption of carcinogenic chemicals.
So if we ban minorities from the logging industry, that’s the opposite of racism? It’s the deadliest occupation on earth…
Fisherman, truck drivers, roofers… ban minorities from all of it to save their lives, because that’s the opposite of racism.
See the flaw in the logic here? Targeting a demographic is, by the simplest definition, an act of racism. Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Banning minorities from entire industries would be to their ultimate benefit, and is obviously racist. Like Jim Crow obvious.
Your point is very problematical.
The only problematic thing is the mental gymnastics you’re doing, we are talking about an addiction, not a profession, you are making a false equivalence. And although 85% of menthol cigarette users are black people, you are simply ignoring the other 25% and the remaining passive smokers.
This is a health issue, and aims to reduce the harm caused by addiction to the population, if the proposal were to criminalize the use of mentholated cigarettes I would see a point in your argument, but we are just talking about banning the sale, the only thing that will happen is that users of mentholated cigarettes will have to smoke something else. This is not a political issue.
And to make it clear how ridiculous this talking point is: If black people were 85% of crack users and the government banned its sale, would you come here and say that this is racist?