Folks, let me put this as plainly as possible. And heck, I’ll probably get a visit from the FBI after saying this, but both federal and local government only want you taking the drugs that they develop, sell and directly profit off of instead of just collecting taxes on someone else’s products.
Back in October of 2022, Washington D.C. banned all sales of any kind of flavored tobacco, “including flavored synthetic nicotine products,” according to a Reuters report on the NBC News website.
So popular tobacco-free nicotine pouches, like Zyn, were targeted as well as flavored cigarettes and vape cartridges.
In the report:
The company [Philip Morris] said that Swedish Match North America [which Philip Morris purchased in 2022] had received a subpoena from D.C.’s attorney general requesting information about its compliance with D.C.’s 2022 ban on the sale of all flavored tobacco.[…]
Philip Morris said that it intends to comply with D.C.’s request and that in the event of an unfavorable outcome related to this matter, a material liability is reasonably possible.
First the government came for tobacco products, where you’re now only allowed to smoke in your backyard, on Tuesdays, with the lights off at night, in total and complete secrecy. Of course, I’m being sarcastic, but it’s become absurd, and I don’t even smoke.
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Then they wanted to tax the ever-loving crap out all tobacco, including chewing tobacco, and people complied. After that, they came for vapes, or e-cigarettes, using the same old tired shtick they always use — ‘Think of the children!’
Then they came for anything remotely having to do with flavored tobacco, vapes and/or nicotine pouches, because — of course — the flavored products make it more attractive to children.
Now this.
My whole point here isn’t that you even need to be a user of these products — any of them. If a company has a product to sell, and the intention isn’t to harm people — which can’t really be said for some of the drugs pushed on people through prescriptions in a partnership between government and Big Pharma — let people make their own decisions.
Just a few years ago, kids — stupid kids sure — but kids had a “challenge” where they ate laundry detergent pods. Did the government come in and tell companies that they can no longer make their product look like candy? Nope. They relied on people to come to their better senses and realize that might not be the best thing to put in their bodies.
Am I comparing nicotine pouches to detergent? Absolutely not. I’m a moderate user of nicotine pouches (It’s a heck of a lot better than putting chewing tobacco in your mouth).
All I’m saying is to leave decisions that only affect the person using a certain product up to the user. I don’t know. Something about freedom and all. Call me crazy.
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