Democratic senators request ban on flavored cigars

2011-12-24 21:23:53

#1

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5609|London, England

Since the FDA now has jurisdiction over tobacco products, they would have the power to enact a ban like this:

U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in sending a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking it to ban flavored cigars.

“Cigars with candy-like flavorings such as strawberry, watermelon, vanilla and chocolate attract kids to smoking and help hook them on this addictive habit,” the Senators wrote. “Congress helped protect young people from the harmful effects of tobacco by banning flavored cigarettes. But as youth cigarette use has fallen, cigars have become more popular among adolescents. We urge FDA to immediately close the current regulatory loopholes and prohibit flavored cigars in the interest of public health.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of the 13 million Americans who smoke cigars, an estimated 1.8 million are high school students and 475,000 are middle school students. This ban would help decrease the staggering rate of cigar use by children and young adults by removing these harmful products from the marketplace.

http://durbin.senate.gov/public/index.c … a62722a1cf

Are they really this out of touch that they have zero fucking clue why all these cigars are being purchased by teenagers? I have never in my life seen a teenager actually smoke tobacco out of a cigar

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2011-12-24 21:39:47

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5952|College Park, MD

fucking libs at it again...

how about enforcing the laws that make it illegal to sell to minors? i enjoy a shitty Game grape-flavored cigar, often paired with a 40 of malt liquor. ain't my fault that people can't raise their kids right and Gurdeep at 7-Eleven doesn't card them.

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2011-12-24 21:43:20

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6967

next they'll ban hookahs. lol america, but australia isn't much better =/

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2011-12-24 21:45:20

#4

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7022|PNW

I'm pretty damn anti-smoking, but a ban like this just makes my side look like idiots. Let's ban flavored cereal, since obesity is such a problem!

Yaaay.

2011-12-24 21:47:51

#5

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5609|London, England

I wonder what % of teenage cigar sales these products represent:

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Last edited by Jay (2011-12-24 21:48:33)

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2011-12-24 21:53:00

#6

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5952|College Park, MD

black & milds won't get banned for the same reason menthol cigs didn't get banned

2011-12-24 21:54:06

#7

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5609|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
black & milds won't get banned for the same reason menthol cigs didn't get banned

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2011-12-24 21:58:23

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5952|College Park, MD

Jay wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
black & milds won't get banned for the same reason menthol cigs didn't get banned

more like the truth

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2011-12-24 22:22:26

#9

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|6960|Oklahoma City

They all got banned here like 3-5 years ago for the same reasons... I thought it was nationwide back then...

2011-12-24 22:31:38

#10

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6357|eXtreme to the maX

Because flavoured alcohol isn't allowed

Fuck Israel

2011-12-24 22:32:51

#11

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6967

Dilbert_X wrote:
Because flavoured alcohol isn't allowed

lets raise the alcopop tax that will stop kids from drinking!

2011-12-24 22:34:52

#12

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6215|London, England

They figure that 21 is old enough not to get suckered in by flavor gimmicks

18 is too young, not smart enough obviously

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2011-12-24 23:09:49

#13

Roger Lesboules: Ah ben tabarnak!; +316|6828|Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Québec!

Here in Canada they have not banned these, but insted removed the filter on em to make them less atractive...Stupid idea, because i see as much people smoking them than before...but now that nasty shit is even more nasty! Talk about a stupid idea!

2011-12-24 23:19:38

#14

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6910|BC, Canada

Roger Lesboules wrote:
Here in Canada they have not banned these, but insted removed the filter on em to make them less atractive...Stupid idea, because i see as much people smoking them than before...but now that nasty shit is even more nasty! Talk about a stupid idea!

aint nobody smoking those as they are made roger.

2011-12-25 05:29:00

#15

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5609|London, England

Dilbert_X wrote:
Because flavoured alcohol isn't allowed

Pretty sure these are the same people that pushed to have Four Loko banned

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2011-12-25 07:56:37

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FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6662|'Murka

-Whiteroom- wrote:
Roger Lesboules wrote:
Here in Canada they have not banned these, but insted removed the filter on em to make them less atractive...Stupid idea, because i see as much people smoking them than before...but now that nasty shit is even more nasty! Talk about a stupid idea!
aint nobody smoking those as they are made roger.

How are they being smoked?

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2011-12-25 08:01:42

#17

Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6941|Tampa Bay Florida

Hands Off My Blunts, Washington!

:p

2011-12-25 08:13:04

#18

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5609|London, England

FEOS wrote:
-Whiteroom- wrote:
Roger Lesboules wrote:
Here in Canada they have not banned these, but insted removed the filter on em to make them less atractive...Stupid idea, because i see as much people smoking them than before...but now that nasty shit is even more nasty! Talk about a stupid idea!
aint nobody smoking those as they are made roger.
How are they being smoked?

Sliced down the side, tobacco and paper liner removed, filled with weed, rolled, smoked. Whether you were being facetious or not, that's what people mean when they refer to blunts.

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-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-25 08:28:52

#19

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6943

Literally no one buys a dutch to smoke it as is.

x

2011-12-25 09:06:45

#20

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5510|foggy bottom

people actually think these things are manufactured for their tobacco smoke? the only time ive seen someone smoke a convenience store cigar was when one of my old neighbors woduld smoke one, he was also in his 70's and pretty broke. also had an e-7 in psyop who was a firefighter who loved backwoods. people who actually smoke cigars will never smoke one of those tobacco pulp gas station ones.

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2011-12-25 10:10:14

#21

Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6696|The Land of Scott Walker

Yes, it's clearly the candy flavoring that attracts sales of cigars to kids.

2011-12-25 10:37:14

#22

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5952|College Park, MD

erm i've smelled people smoking black & milds all the time. very distinctive smell.

2011-12-25 10:54:29

#23

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6662|'Murka

Jay wrote:
FEOS wrote:
-Whiteroom- wrote:

aint nobody smoking those as they are made roger.
How are they being smoked?
Sliced down the side, tobacco and paper liner removed, filled with weed, rolled, smoked. Whether you were being facetious or not, that's what people mean when they refer to blunts.

Not at all. But that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Do they think it'll hide the weedstank or something?

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― Albert Einstein
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2011-12-25 10:59:08

#24

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5510|foggy bottom

no

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2011-12-25 11:01:02

#25

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5609|London, England

FEOS wrote:
Jay wrote:
FEOS wrote:

How are they being smoked?
Sliced down the side, tobacco and paper liner removed, filled with weed, rolled, smoked. Whether you were being facetious or not, that's what people mean when they refer to blunts.
Not at all. But that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Do they think it'll hide the weedstank or something?

No, it's easier to roll than a joint, tastes better, and lasts longer.

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-Frederick Bastiat

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