From a recent news story -- a panel was established to study the banning of menthol in cigarettes. The study just came out and the panel leans toward a ban. Menthol is a very popular cigarette in the black community, so for some this is an effort to save them from themselves. But this paternalistic attitude was not accepted when Pro-Life forces posted a billboard in New York City which declared that abortion is killing black people disproportionately.
Banning menthol from cigarettes will keep blacks (and others) from killing themselves and banning abortion will keep blacks (and others) from killing their next generation.
I'll go with the menthol ban if they'll go with the abortion ban! Otherwise, let adults make the menthol decision themselves!
P.S. My mom always smoked menthol cigarettes and she was definitely European-American!
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