Comments on: Banning menthol cigarettes? http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/banning-menthol-cigarettes/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ralph http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/banning-menthol-cigarettes/comment-page-1/#comment-26251 Ralph Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:43:58 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7367#comment-26251 You know, once they ban menthol cigarettes, which are favored by blacks, some one will make the argument that allowing the continued sale of other cigarettes has a disproportionate impact on the choices of blacks, who have shown that they do not prefer non-menthol cigarettes. Voila! - a good reason to shut down sales of ALL cigarettes. BTW, I don't smoke, never have, and would never marry/date someone who does. Can't stand the smell. But I think that our society would be MUCH more dangerous to live in if cigarettes were banned. See e.g., "War on Drugs", "Prohibition". You know, once they ban menthol cigarettes, which are favored by blacks, some one will make the argument that allowing the continued sale of other cigarettes has a disproportionate impact on the choices of blacks, who have shown that they do not prefer non-menthol cigarettes. Voila! – a good reason to shut down sales of ALL cigarettes.

BTW, I don’t smoke, never have, and would never marry/date someone who does. Can’t stand the smell. But I think that our society would be MUCH more dangerous to live in if cigarettes were banned. See e.g., “War on Drugs”, “Prohibition”.

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