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Biden administration delays ban on menthol cigarettes until 2024
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I smoke cigars when the weather is nice. Maybe a few dozen a year. Not enough to get addicted or have adverse health effects (not saying they are good for you but statistically one cigar per day has a negligible effect on health). I use tobacco responsibly, so I'm not sure why I should have that taken away.
I know a number of people who don't smoke cigarettes but do when they go out to the bar. I haven't done the research because I've never smoked one, but I'd imagine that's in a similarly low category of risk.
So I'd prefer not to see it banned altogether or taxed to oblivion. If it happens that's not the end of the world, but I don't think it's right. The problem is unhealthy addiction, not use. Find a way to target that and I think we're onto something. But you'd need an exact definition of unhealthy addiction and I don't know that there is consensus on that.