Still, Lorillard said it would provide “appropriate information” to the FDA report on menthol.

“We hope the FDA will solicit and consider input and comments from industry participants,” said Lorillard spokesman Michael Robinson. “We look forward to a process that is grounded in the sound scientific information available today.”

Around 20 percent of adult black Americans smoke, the same rate as the rest of the population, according to 2007 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Black smokers suffer more from smoking-related illnesses and death than their white counterparts, possibly because of inferior access to good medical care. There is little evidence that smoking menthol cigarettes is itself more dangerous than non-flavored brands, public health experts said.

But anti-smoking activists say menthol’s mild anesthetic property masks the harshness of tobacco making it easier to start smoking and harder to quit.

U.S. tobacco bill puts focus on menthol cigarettes | Health | Reuters.

Obama Healthcare

CNN did a little thing today … they invited everyone to call
in and suggest ways to fund ObamaHealth.

Interesting results ….

Seems the drinkers wanted to super-tax the smokers.

The smokers wanted to super-tax the drinkers.

The cheeseburger fanatics wanted to super-tax anyone
who wasn’t a cheeseburger fanatic.

The vegetarians wanted to super-tax the ‘carnivores’.

The carnivores wanted to super-tax the vegans and
their e-coli infested borage.

The puritans wanted to super-tax everybody who
wasn’t a puritan.

The poor wanted the ‘rich’ to be super-taxed.

The ‘rich’ wanted the cost to be ‘distributed’ so
the poor would have to carry their own weight.

OK … there’s a word for this … “cannibalism”.

Obama is creating a situation where every micro-group
will turn against the others in hopes that THEY will
somehow fund his multi-terabuck endeavour.

You know where this leads, don’t you ?

I have two references for you … one is called
“Demolition Man” and the other is called “GATTICA”.

It’s divide and conquer … with the ultimate aim of
using EVERY micro-groups prejudices to justify screwing
everybody else.

This must not stand.

Time to clean house before everything ‘America’, “Land
of the Free”, stood for is totally destroyed.

KNOW you’re being manipupilated.

The real enemy is NOT the guy next door.