Saagar Enjeti issues his concerns with the Biden administration’s war on nicotine and cigarettes from the perspective of class, given that working class Americans typically smoke the most Enjeti is an American conservative political pundit and journalist who co-hosts the popular web show Rising, produced by The Hill.
New York City store manager Kamel Saleh was hit by thousands of dollars in fines recently. His crime? Selling tobacco too cheaply! Turns out he sold three cigars for $8.89, which was 11 cents too cheap, according to city government.
John Stossel reports that NYC has set a standard price floor on tobacco, thanks to Kurt Ribisl, professor of health behavior at the University of North Carolina. And now, in addition to the cigar prices, a pack of cigarettes skyrocketed to $13. Why do people like Ribisl get to decide? Here’s some answers from Stossel’s report.
“HOW THE INTERNET BECAME A BATTLEFIELD” is a mini-documentary meant for educational purposes, except that one little thing I said about Cass Sunstein, which was not educational. More from Really Graceful.
Following their last meet-up from the summer, Styxhexenhammer66 and Lionel Nation get together once again to share their thoughts on burning issues. Here, they spend a fair amount of time on Internet censorship, following closely after YouTube nixed Styx’s channel for a short spell before returning him online. The two also discuss dropping cigarettes. Styx just quit while Lionel Nation bounced the nicotine habit some time ago.
Few now remember the days of old when even medical doctors extolled the virtues of smoking cigarettes, as in this 1949 ad for Camel.
And even into the 1960s, cigarettes still appeared as sponsors for popular kids’ cartoon shows on TV.
