Ban on clove cigarettes
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Dec 7th, 2009Someone from Charleston, WV writes:
I work for the federal government. I pay taxes. I should be free to smoke a clove cigarette. We have laws in place to keep minors from purchasing cigarettes. There are substances much more harmful available for purchase. I do not feel that the option to purchase a clove cigarette should be taken away from me. Now, I should move on to cigars and that will be a better option? -
Dec 7th, 2009Someone from Pontiac, MI writes:
This is America. We're supposed to have the freedom to make our own choices. As well, kids do not start by smoking flavored cigarettes such as cloves! They start with the cheapest thing they can buy - usually Newports. Education is the way to prevent the younger generation smoking, not dictating what those who are already adults can smoke if they so choose to.REPORT COMMENTS
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Dec 6th, 2009Someone from Richmond, KY signed.
Dec 6th, 2009Someone from Stockbridge, MI writes:
What the hell has our government turned into? If kids are going to smoke it doesn't mean they won't smoke a regular menthol cigarette. Why are we allowing the government to ban things that they have no right in banning? I'm deeply confused and frustrated by this.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 5th, 2009Someone from Copiague, NY writes:
BRING BACK CLOVES!!! GOVERNMENT HAS GONE TOO FAR! 'RAGE'REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 27th, 2009Someone from Billings, MT writes:
The banning of flavored cigarettes is an act of placing unnecessary restraints on private industry, an affront to the ideals that made america great. Further, the founding fathers would argue this is a violation of the pursuit of happiness.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 22nd, 2009Someone from Marietta, GA writes:
Everyone who signed this ban should be fired. They do not know what free choice is apparently.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 22nd, 2009Someone from Sauk Centre, MN writes:
The theory that flavored cigarettes will entice teenage smoking is doesn?t make sense. I doubt teenagers are going to pay $7+ for a pack. And, if we?re going t go there, what about wine coolers, Boone?s Farm type alcoholic beverages? Isn?t that the same theory? I never, once fathomed my rights, choices, options being taken away when I voted for Obama?.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 3rd, 2009Someone from Phoenix, AZ writes:
It's a known fact that youngsters start on menthols more than anything else--this ban is nonsense perpetrated by Big Tobacco, because they don't make money from cloves.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 17th, 2009Someone from Bakersfield, CA writes:
Prohibition in any form infringes on the very foundation of our country?s founding principles. The ban on flavored cigarettes will be as futile as the combined efforts of the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act to try to prohibit alcohol. Learn from history and human nature. Trying to enact laws to stop someone from doing something they want doesn?t work. If the goal is to prevent underage smoking, enforce age verification laws rather than creating yet another situation for Americans to be criminalized for smoking the type of cigarette they enjoy. My god, it?s not crack.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 14th, 2009Someone from Tucson, AZ signed.
Oct 12th, 2009Someone from Watertown, NY writes:
I am an 29 yr old American citizen who should be able smoke my Favorite brand of cigarette(Djarum Blacks), the same way as our President Mr. Obama does with his menthol's. This act of protectionism is just a small glimpse of our future as Americans. Where has our freedom gone?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 11th, 2009Someone from Seattle, WA writes:
I should be allowed the freedom to choose what cigarette I smoke. Marlboro and menthols are the number one cigarette smoked by kids. what's next them or no banning cigarettes all together. Didn't the gov try that with alcohol. Did it work. Clove cigarettes should not be banned. This is an encroachment on my freedom to choose.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 11th, 2009Someone from Young Harris, GA writes:
This is obviously a ploy by tobacco lobbyists (they have been attempting to pass this ban since the 1980's) to reduce competition. What they fail to realize is that clove smokers are not going to start smoking their brands just because they ban them, we are just going to start rolling our own and buy cloves from the grocery store. Ridiculous legislation without any real ethical foundation.REPORT COMMENTS
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