How could Biden do this? This is just going to create an illicit tobacco market that will result in more over-policing against POC communities (a whopping 85% of Black smokers smoke menthols, FWIW.)
Jokes aside, I'm increasing of the opinion that "public health" advocacy is the worst form of nanny-statism. Let people have their vices, life sucks enough for most people as is, sheesh.
It may cause an increase in people rolling cigarettes as it would be quite easy to buy menthol (or peppermint oil) to loose tobacco. So people who insist on smoking menthol cigarettes could still do so as it would only be a manufacturing ban. It just wouldn't be as convenient as buying pre-mentholated cigarettes. Anything more aggressive than a manufacturing ban would require Congressional or State action, which is extremely unlikely to happen anytime this decade.
If you think anyone is going to ban loose tobacco, menthol, or essential oils, you're an idiot. Banning their precombination into a sellable product is possible, and is exactly what the FDA is proposing.
