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Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says
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The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the "historic attention" and "immense amount of feedback" on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration. 

"This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice movement," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.

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yes, that is their point

What? The person he's talking to is literally promoting prohibition. All substances should be legal and regulated.

I'd have several friends still alive if the drugs they bought were from a safe verified source.

no they're arguing that companies should not be allowed to intentionally make addicting products. akin to the difference between the caffeine found in coffee vs if a company started selling pure caffeine powder