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Eighty national public health groups, including the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Preventative Medicine, placed a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post in support of a federal ban on menthol in cigarettes and all flavored cigars.

“The answer is clear,” the full-page ad says. “Saving lives starts by ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars.

“Smoking kills nearly half a million people in the United States each year, and these addictive, deadly products are a big part of the problem. The FDA and White House have our full support to release lifesaving rules prohibiting menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There are flavoured cigars?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about "real" cigars, but they make the ones people roll blunts with in a bunch of different flavors like vanilla and grape.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Real" cigars tend to be flavored with things like whisky or other alcohols. But anyone who draws an arbitrary line defining what is and isn't a real cigar, it starts to feel gatekeepy, so I just live and let live. If someone smokes grape cigars and enjoys them, more power to them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Totally agree! I guess "regular" cigar would have been better? I smoke both cigars and blunts and have no issue with either, I just don't know what they call the wrap ones.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I used to smoke flavored cigarettes. When they were made illegal where I live they were modified and re-released as flavored cigarillos(mini cigars).

They were similar, but different enough that I no longer enjoyed smoking them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Blunt wraps are what these are mainly targeting I imagine (Backwoods, Swisher Sweets, White Owls)... BUT Acid cigars are pretty nice and the brand I always point out. They used to advertise in cigar magazines back when I would read them and would feature interesting rolling methods that leaned in to the name. (Cheaper end as far as cigars go)