POISON AND THE FDA

The tobacco industry adds numerous poisons to cigarettes. The FDA does not care about the poisons, but does care about menthol. Why? Because some people think menthol tastes good.

I am SO tired of the FDA treating us all as addictive children. Less than 5% of the population is addicted to ANYTHING. Addiction can only be stopped by the addict making a decision to stop being an addict. How hard is this to understand?

The FDA allows acetaminophen to be added to prescription pain medications. Too many people, in pain after surgery, take too much of this pain medication, causing liver damage and deaths which can be proven. But gosh, menthol is SO much more important, because people might overuse tobacco. People DYING from overusing pain medication is unimportant, because they should have known better. (It should be noted that the overuse of acetaminophen is the leading cause of liver failure in the US.)

EVERYONE knows that tobacco is not good for you. However, trying to force everyone to stop using tobacco will just result in a VERY profitable illegal tobacco industry.