# 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:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973/13 "2021-04-28T20:28:49Z")

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Sometimes I think I went to sleep and woke up in the Twilight Zone. We are banning menthols because they kill black people? Can we stereotype more? Cut down on KFC because fried chicken has too much cholesterol, killing blacks? Prop up watermelon farming? I mean, this goes against everything I have been taught about race relations.

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