laaaaame i'm fiending

perhaps you've heard that there's a ban on flavored cigarettes now. in america. like, the whole country.

not only is this detrimental to my addiction to clove cigarettes, but i believe it to be racist.

okay, so the FDA says they're banning cigarette flavors (except menthol! i'll get to that) because they appeal to children. get this, not only is marlborough the number one brand preferred by young people (second only to menthol!), but clove smokers make up only 1 percent of the smoking population.

why are menthols still legal? two reasons.

1) they are made in america - djarum, the leading maker of clove cigarettes, is based in indonesia. menthols are made, taxed, and regulated in america.


2) young inner city kids smoke them. Heres a quote from a blog:

Philip Morris’ reasons for this stipulation are as clear as the numbers. Menthol cigarettes, which add up to 28 percent of cigarettes purchased in the United States, are used by a significant number of teenagers and an even more significant number of minority youths.

so minority youths mostly smoke menthols, and youths don't usually smoke clove cigarettes.

if they can sell bacardi raspberry and mikes hard lemonade, i have no idea why they can't sell flavored cigarettes. its much harder to mix a flavored cigarette than a drink... :(