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[cyrano]

Does anybody know, off hand, when this new tobacco law Obama just signed goes into effect? I knew I should have bought a pack or two for just in case.

Edited to add this bit from Wikipedia because I laugh out louded.
Haji Jamahri, a resident of Kudus, Java, created kreteks (clove cigarettes) in the early 1880s as a means to deliver the medicinal eugenol of cloves to the lungs, as it was thought to help asthma. It cured his chest pains and he started to market his invention to the village, but he died of lung cancer before he could mass market it.

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[miss-electra.livejournal.com]

Phillip Morris got what they wanted out of this, which was that the FDA would ban all flavorings *except* Menthol, which is going to be considered at a later time.

Phillip Morris is the #1 producer of Menthol cigs in the US.

Does the math make sense?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hah! I figured there was something like that going on, otherwise the whole 'we still like menthol' thing made no sense.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

From an American political standpoint, almost anything makes sense.