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Story #6: AMA Excludes Menthol from Cigarette Ban
Jump to full article: Rush Limbaugh Site, 2008-06-23

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Okay, speaking of the race card, do you remember the story where the AMA or the Food and Drug Administration was going to ban all flavorings in cigarettes except menthol, after they learned that 75% of blacks smoke menthol cigarettes? So they didn't want to ban menthol because they thought it would be racist. Guess what? The country's largest organization of doctors last week refused to challenge a controversial tobacco bill that would ban many flavor additives and cigarettes sold in the US but exempt menthol. So the AMA's gone along with the FDA. . . .

Does Obama smoke menthol? That's the thing. He smokes. He tried to quit, but he got off the wagon, the Nicorette didn't do it for him. I don't know if there's menthol Nicorette. (interruption) He's not authentic, this doesn't apply to him, Mr. Snerdley, because he has no slave blood, so if Obama smokes menthol he's exempt because he's not really black, according to Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Michelle's black because she's got slave blood, but Obama isn't black, not authentic anyway. But it's still made to order for him. I mean here's two powerful agencies, one a government agency saying, "You keep pumping out the menthol, Big Tobacco, keep pumping it out." You draw your own conclusions. *Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.

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