# Banning menthol cigarettes **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 28, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973 "2021-04-28T19:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973/60 "2021-04-29T20:54:48Z")
Sorry, none of that adds up to justification for a ban on one kind of cigarettes, but not others. Argue for a total ban on cigarettes. I might even be with you on that. I think the case can be made. But banning the preferred smokes of Black smokers is, well, it’s not going to go over well. Again I ask, how do you think the hypothetical Black smoker described by Martin\_Hyde would react to that? Smoking sucks. It’s bad. But a law that deprives mostly Black smokers of their favorite brand while not affecting most white smokers seems to be to be unjust. Just like NYC’s law prohiting smoking (all smoking) in public housing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973)._