The only problematic thing is the mental gymnastics you’re doing, we are talking about an addiction, not a profession, you are making a false equivalence.
And although 85% of menthol cigarette users are black people, you are simply ignoring the other 25% and the remaining passive smokers.
This is a health issue, and aims to reduce the harm caused by addiction to the population, if the proposal were to criminalize the use of mentholated cigarettes I would see a point in your argument, but we are just talking about banning the sale, the only thing that will happen is that users of mentholated cigarettes will have to smoke something else. This is not a political issue.
And to make it clear how ridiculous this talking point is: If black people were 85% of crack users and the government banned its sale, would you come here and say that this is racist?
The only problematic thing is the mental gymnastics you’re doing, we are talking about an addiction, not a profession, you are making a false equivalence. And although 85% of menthol cigarette users are black people, you are simply ignoring the other 25% and the remaining passive smokers.
This is a health issue, and aims to reduce the harm caused by addiction to the population, if the proposal were to criminalize the use of mentholated cigarettes I would see a point in your argument, but we are just talking about banning the sale, the only thing that will happen is that users of mentholated cigarettes will have to smoke something else. This is not a political issue.
And to make it clear how ridiculous this talking point is: If black people were 85% of crack users and the government banned its sale, would you come here and say that this is racist?