FDA attempt at prohibiting menthol flavoring part of long campaign

[5150sick]

http://www.journalnow.com/business/...cle_faac0baa-c4e0-5819-8b87-2dc98ed85784.html

 

[Rossum]

Yet, advocates and public-health officials continued to argue that without menthol, many smokers would choose not to smoke a tobacco-flavored product and quit, a potential major public-health victory.

Yeah, right.

I was a menthol smoker for about the first half of my "career". Then I quit for a few weeks using patches, but the urge to smoke was still quite powerful, and I decided if I was going to cheat, I'd only cheat with non-menthol cigs, which I generally despised the taste of. Needless to say, I became a non-menthol smoker in short order.

 

[5150sick]

I started smoking with non menthol cigarettes but then about 3 years into my "career" switched to menthol.
The first time I tried a menthol cigarette it felt like I was smoking a vicks inhaler.
It was the opposite of smooth or child friendly.

 

[Rossum]

I'm convinced that what someone likes when it comes to smoking of vaping is largely a matter of what they've become accustomed to.

 

[JuicyLucy]

Yeah, right.

I was a menthol smoker for about the first half of my "career". Then I quit for a few weeks using patches, but the urge to smoke was still quite powerful, and I decided if I was going to cheat, I'd only cheat with non-menthol cigs, which I generally despised the taste of. Needless to say, I became a non-menthol smoker in short order.

This ^^^