Joe Biden moves to ban menthol cigarettes…because they are racist

Menthol cigarettes have been coming under fire for years and it looks like Joe Biden is going to ban them. In an age where the Government is forcing people to wear masks for health reasons it was only a matter of time before something like this happened, and it will eventually spill over into regulating what types of food people can eat. So while this move is not surprising you might find the reasoning a bit weird, it turns out menthol cigarettes are racist. Here is more:

The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that it will propose a ban on menthol cigarettes, an action urgently sought by tobacco opponents and civil rights groups that say African Americans have been disproportionately hurt by the industry’s aggressive targeting of Black communities.

The administration also is poised to say it will seek to ban menthol and other flavors in mass-produced cigars, including small cigars popular with young people, according to administration officials familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss it publicly.

I don’t know, banning something because black people like it more than white people do is what seems racist to me…