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Lawmaker targets flavored cigars
#7522572 - 10/16/07 10:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.ci.cigarettes16oct16,0,7942885.story?track=rss
State legislation to more tightly regulate the sale of Black & Milds - flavored cigars popular in urban centers across the country - could be introduced as early as the special session set to begin later this month.
Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant, a Baltimore City Democrat, said yesterday he hopes to propose legislation to prohibit the sale of single Black & Mild cigars and to make it more difficult to reach them in stores.
Meanwhile, Kathleen Hoke Dachille, an assistant professor and managing director at the Center for Tobacco Regulation at the University of Maryland School of Law, said she is working with several legislators to prevent the sale of flavored tobacco, which would include the Black & Mild cigars that come in flavors such as cream, wine and apple.
The comments came during a public forum on Black & Mild cigars yesterday at the Youth Opportunity (Yo!) Community Center in West Baltimore.
Orchestrated by the Baltimore City Health Department, the forum featured public health researchers, young adults and legal experts.
The panel followed the Health Department's release last week of a report outlining the health risks and popularity of Black & Milds. The report cited statistics from a recent Johns Hopkins study, which found that 24 percent of the 18- to 24-year-old African-Americans in Baltimore surveyed said they smoked a Black & Mild at least once in the past 30 days.
The report also noted that although Black & Milds pose the same health risks as cigarettes, they are classified as cigars because they are wrapped in a different material - ensuring they are not subject to the same taxes and restrictions. Black & Milds can be sold as singles, they are taxed at a lower rate, and they carry fewer health warnings on their labels than cigarettes.
Young smokers who spoke on the panel yesterday said Black & Milds are usually inhaled like cigarettes and are cheap.
Panelists also spoke about how Black & Milds are marketed to young people with slogans such as "Smells great" and "tastes great," and are often placed near candy and gum.
Jamila Wilson, 17, said she's been smoking Black & Milds since she was 15. "It gives you a buzz if you smoke the wine flavor," she said. "I tried to quit and I got lightheaded and got headaches."
Holland Coates, 19, said she smoked Black & Milds about five years ago and then moved on to cigarettes. She said she was first attracted to Black & Milds because it made her look like she was smoking marijuana and she hoped she could get the same kind of high from it.
Dachille noted Maine became the first state to pass legislation prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco this year.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7522583 - 10/16/07 10:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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She said she was first attracted to Black & Milds because it made her look like she was smoking marijuana and she hoped she could get the same kind of high from it.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: 420Crimson]
#7522623 - 10/16/07 10:55 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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shit when i first read this i was afraid they were trying to ban blunts
its all good.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: elcharrosays]
#7522669 - 10/16/07 11:10 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Do people actually say things like this?
"It gives you a buzz if you smoke the wine flavor," she said. "I tried to quit and I got lightheaded and got headaches."
She said she was first attracted to Black & Milds because it made her look like she was smoking marijuana and she hoped she could get the same kind of high from it.
Some dumb folks out there.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: mentalIMAGE]
#7522763 - 10/16/07 11:46 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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LMFAO
i get high off smoking black n milds!
good job to them for getting this all wrong the experienced pothead doesn't smoke black n milds we get blunts and blunt wraps! or how about J.O.B.S. those are usually a closer grab than black n milds
i don't think they need to watch out for people who get smoking flavored cigars they're already about as square as possible
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: anarchOi]
#7523242 - 10/16/07 01:38 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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a black and mild is nice while tripping. or while drinking. I don't smoke cigs but I will have a black and mild while doing one of the above activities. mmmm
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: elcharrosays]
#7523745 - 10/16/07 03:14 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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elcharrosays said: shit when i first read this i was afraid they were trying to ban blunts
its all good.
No shit, me too.... I think I remember something similar in another city but was aimed at Phillies and the like. Something about them being used to roll blunts was the purpose of that discussion.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: Cow Shit]
#7523814 - 10/16/07 03:26 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yes, lets selectivly ban Black and Mild's only. Don't worry about rolling papers, blunt wraps, or philly's.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: DebuteMachine]
#7523831 - 10/16/07 03:30 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Black and milds are Ill! The only cigar I'll smoke is one that is Hecho a mano and comes from cuba, dominica, honduras, or the bahamas. phillies, swishers, and other blunt wraps, I'm sure about 99% of the ones being bought are used for weed blunts. And to anyone out there that loves blunts, i challenge you to shred up a whole phillies wrapper and roll it in a cigarette, just cause youve packed it full of weed doesnt mean that the wrapper is gonna be less strong or anything. I'm not hating on blunts, they can be great, just not a good idea to only s moke blunts.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: hooksbooks]
#7523993 - 10/16/07 04:02 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah this isn't as bad as the moron who wrote this
Haha "pot has a foul odor".
Soooo dumb...
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: sinenomine]
#7524080 - 10/16/07 04:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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the smell of cannabis is my favorite smell in the whole world, lol foul odor my ass
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: dutchmushroom]
#7524543 - 10/16/07 05:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Weed is most definitely the best smell in the world. Why do you think theres such a thing as cannabis cologne?
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: Sebastian23]
#7524808 - 10/16/07 06:53 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sebastian23 said: Weed is most definitely the best smell in the world. Why do you think theres such a thing as cannabis cologne?
Where? Want!
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: dutchmushroom]
#7524825 - 10/16/07 06:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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If your going for the coffin nails, at least get the sharp ones:
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: 2FiNiTe]
#7526885 - 10/17/07 08:16 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Removing these cigars from circulation would be a drop in the bucket, but it is something tangible and it sends a stern message to the underclass in town. Wreck your life someplace else.
Wow, that is some ignorant bitch. Because only "poor" people smoke pot. I fucking hate ignorant people like this. Stop trying to save the world until you save yourself from ignorance.
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7527072 - 10/17/07 10:02 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said: Jamila Wilson, 17, said she's been smoking Black & Milds since she was 15. "It gives you a buzz if you smoke the wine flavor," she said. "I tried to quit and I got lightheaded and got headaches."
My names Jamila. I been addicted to black n milds for 12 years. I suckd dick for black n milds, and wanna amit I have a problem.
who wouldve known that tobacco can be ....addicting...?
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Re: Lawmaker targets flavored cigars [Re: ManianFH]
#7530974 - 10/18/07 11:47 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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NO ONE TOLD ME NICOTINE IS ADDICTING! xO_Ox
that girl is retarded
she got lightheaded and got headaches from trying to quit? wtf
the withdrawal symptoms from nicotine are nothing like that, i wish i got "lightheaded" every time i needed a ciggarette i would smoke alot less if that were the deal LMFAO!
how can one confuse the sympotoms of mild nicotine overdose with the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal?
have you guys noticed that black'n'milds have a nicotine paper layer? it's because there aren't enough additives in the pipe tobacco to satisfy people
how the fuck do you smoke black'n'milds on a regular basis? i don't believe it's possible..... the amount of black shit you'd cough up.. (gag)
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