General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Comrade Khan]

but at the same time

 

[Comrade Khan]

bah nvm, its complicated lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

im reading an article on it now actually because im curious!

 

[Comrade Khan]

Following the Canadian study, researchers used findings to predict what a menthol ban in America could accomplish. They predicted it would result in approximately an additional 1,394,201 daily and non-daily menthol smokers quitting, 392,562 of whom would be African Americans.

 

[Comrade Khan]

intersting. albeit 1.3 million smokers not in hospital later in life taxing the health care system. i can kind of see a point to it

 

[Swamps]

They were trying to ban flavored cigarrellos too. Been trying for years.

 

[Comrade Khan]

they banned them here after a while

 

[Comrade Khan]

its because also a large % of the buyers are underage kids and its marketted to them

 

[Comrade Khan]

but also like i said, i dont think ppl realize how much that shit causes a burden o nthe healthcare system

 

[Comrade Khan]

(more so hear since its public)

 

[Comrade Khan]

so i mean, in theory, its beneficial to the state and the population as well to promotoe healthier lifestyles etc

 

[Swamps]

I'm not sure of the outcome of the ban. Like if it went through or not. I've been watching news on Atlanta because I may end up going up there soon.

 

[Comrade Khan]

now wether thats an encroachment on freedoms, it gets dicy.

 

[Comrade Khan]

we had a menthol ban in canada until 2018

 

[Comrade Khan]

Cummings was part of a study that looked at the impacts that a similar menthol ban had in Canada from 2016 until 2018. Researchers observed smoking behaviors of menthol and non-menthol smokers prior to and after the ban. Of the 138 menthol smokers surveyed, 59.1% switched to non-menthol cigarettes following the ban.