So the activists have their knickers in a knot over the idea that Saskatchewan showed some backbone.
The money quote:
They stressed menthol is the flavour of choice by youth with 30 per cent of youth using menthol products.
Math is hard.
So the activists have their knickers in a knot over the idea that Saskatchewan showed some backbone.
The money quote:
They stressed menthol is the flavour of choice by youth with 30 per cent of youth using menthol products.
Math is hard.
I missed the part about young people smoking menthols. Isn’t it usually grey haired ladies? I can’t imagine anyone giving up smoking for lack of menthols. If Rachel Notley banned menthols, it has to be a stupid idea.
Here in ultra-progressive B.C., we’re trying to figure out a method of adding menthol to marijuana,so young dope smokers don’t get a sore throat.
well there you have it, just ban ciggies. start selling any flavour of maryjane, coz we all know it’s GOOD for you! the supremes said so..
I recall reading a study that found Menthol was preferred by most Indians… This must be a strike against First Nation’s tobacco
business…
My understanding of the statement is that 30% of youth choose menthol, some smaller percentage choose other “flavours”, and the vast majority choose unflavoured (“tobacco flavoured”?) cigarettes.
Whatever grey haired ladies may have done in the past, menthol is currently marketed and positioned towards youth, the entry-level smoker. Because it opens the airway and increases nicotine uptake and serum nicotine levels, it is perfect for establishing addiction in the user.
The debate should be whether you can/should legislate against foolishness and self destruction. Cigarette smoking is both.
I’d like to hear why Wall is not running with the herd. Not that I really give a shit about menthol cigarettes one way or another, but why not pick your battles better than this. Sort of reminds me of the film tax credit. Again, who really gave a shit, but the media had (and continue to have) a hayday with it.
buyers in a perfect world http://waltherpragerandphilosophy1.blogspot.com/2014/12/buyers-in-perfect-world.html
menthol is currently marketed and positioned towards youth
This is a straw man argument. The legal smoking age across Canada is either 18 or 19 depending on the province. 18 or 19 year olds are not “youth” they are adults. This is another case of legislative over-reach piling legislation on an issue where legislation already exists.
“…but why not pick your battles better than this…”
You’re right. He should have asked YOU first.
Yeah well, my experience is that in my youth and young adulthood I exclusively smoked Export A’s (non-menthol and strong) and gradually evolved to light cigarettes, without knowingly being influenced by advertising or propaganda.
Then I morphed gradually to menthols and developed a habit of smearing a bit of Vicks in my nose.
I dunno much about FN preferences but Obama like most US “blacks” smokes menthols…it apparently is a cultural thing.
“Then I morphed gradually to menthols and developed a habit of smearing a bit of Vicks in my nose.”
I’ve always though eucalyptus was better than menthol, but I and the Koala bears are probably ahead of the curve on this idea.
Statistics Canada says 20% of Sask youth smoke. So there are at least 10% of Sask youth that use menthol in other products (after shave, cough drops, etc).
Exactly.
Of adults who smoke regularly, 68% started doing so prior to age 18.
The idea that something isn’t happening, or at least isn’t a problem, because is not legal is naïve at best.
Did no one catch the mathematical inconsistency in the written statement? Or (assuming the statement translates correctly) the statement that if 30% of smoking teens choose menthol then 60% choose something else?
It’s a reactionary knee-jerk.
Ban this, ban that. Does a week go by where we don’t ban or try to ban something either due to legislation or voluntarily. This week so far it’s been Confederate flags and menthol smokes. What we have in fact long ago banned is common sense, logic, reasoning and common decency.
The idea that something isn’t happening, or at least isn’t a problem, because is not legal is naïve at best.
So another law should fix that? Talk about naive.
The tobacco issue has been a perfect vehicle for the circumscribers and the do-good ban happy folks. It has been a veritable gold mine for the scolds and busy bodies amongst us.
Hey, Lance.
I believe you meant to say that if 30% of smoking teens choose menthol then *70%* choose something else. What happened to the other 10%? You’re right, math IS hard. 😉