Hart puts it more directly: Whatever the white majority says is illegal, is illegal. The ideal, of course, would be to have society plot all drugs on a spectrum and legalize those whose benefits outweigh the harms
A ban will also lead to unconstitutional policing and other negative interactions with local law enforcement. The FDA, in its announcement, pledged that any future menthol ban it pushes through will not target the people who smoke menthols and that it would try to curtail any potential black market that could arise
Even if the Trump administration finalizes the rule, the FDA plans to give tobacco companies two years to comply, meaning that the earliest cigarettes would actually change would be fall 2027
"Statewide smoking ban picks up steam"
Jason Lewis, who sponsored the bill, said in a statement