“What Is The FDA Inhaling?”: Steve Forbes Slams Proposed Menthol Cigarette Rules

The Food & Drug Administration is proposing rules to prohibit menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. This episode of What’s Ahead lays out why the move is utterly misbegotten.

Well over one-third of cigarettes sales are menthols, with 85% of Black smokers smoking menthols.

Prohibition of liquor a century ago was a disaster. And a prohibition of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars will spawn similarly toxic responses, namely an explosion of illicit activities and a disrespect for authority.