# Banning menthol cigarettes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 28, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973 "2021-04-28T19:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973/12 "2021-04-28T20:27:34Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> If they’re illegal for cigarette manufacturers to make, the black market issue will be minuscule… I think.

We see how well that worked with weed.

Bottom line, I have zero doubt - ZERO - that even if this law is supposedly aimed at the big corporations, it’s the little guy on the street who’s really going to feel it. And you know what? Let that guy have his little vices in life. Stop trying to micromanage him.

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