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Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?

Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?

Yes

1

No

7

Yes

Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?
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itachi 🦇
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itachi 🦇

smoking just results in addiction, sickness and death, nothing good rly comes from it.

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No

Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?
6 Comments
Max
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Max

This is our government out of control. Menthol cigs are more popular for some ethnic groups, so they have to be controlled. A government sponsored racist attack.

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Kerry Farnham
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Kerry Farnham

Tobacco is a legal product and adults should be allowed to make their own decisions.

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Carrie Marsh
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Carrie Marsh

Either ban all cigarettes or leave them alone. As a former smoker, menthol at that, to ban certain ones is going to target a certain audience no matter which way you go. What a person puts in his or her own body is that person's decision. Why increase the divisiveness among the American people?

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Durrell Proctor
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Durrell Proctor

What does race have to do with cigarettes? See KMIZ, you are part of the problem. Why must EVERYTHING be about race to the media. You hear all the time about stereotypes, and the media continues to push it.

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Max
Max

It's not about cigarettes. It's about control. Our government is out of control.

Spencer Jackson
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Spencer Jackson

It’s none of the government’s business what people choose to put in their bodies. Plus, to ban the tobacco products that’s the most popular with African Americans, as if they can’t decide what’s best for them, is incredibly patronizing if not racist.

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Nick Sutherland
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Nick Sutherland

I have smoked menthol for yrs and there just as addicted as full flavors

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Should the governor call a special session to suspend the state gas tax?

Should the governor call a special session to suspend the state gas tax?

Yes

0

No

0

Yes

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No

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Would you support a new tax to build a jail in Boone County?

Would you support a new tax to build a jail in Boone County?

Yes

6

No

6

Yes

2 Comments
James Quade
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James Quade

We should not rely on other jails to take care of our problems. We have a responsibility to provide the proper facilities to our superhero police force

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Max
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Max

That will be an average cost, to every single person of Boone county, of $197 per year, for 20 years. $3920. What a deal.

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No

5 Comments
Fat Guy Outdoors
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Fat Guy Outdoors

This leadership needs to resign.

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Max
Max

You are using the word leadership carelessly.

Harry D
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Harry D

I would support a 10-year tax for a bond issue to build the new jail, not a new forever sales tax.

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Max
Max

The comment that I made indicating a total average cost, does not account for inflationary changes, which will probably more than double my $3920 estimate.

Jessica Orsini
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Jessica Orsini

We've more than enough incarceration in this county, state, and nation, and it's frankly not helping.

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Max
Max

The high crime problem is because the courts fail to punish the offenders hard enough to deter crime.

Davon Argo
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Davon Argo

The need for a new jail isn’t new. County leaders have known for years it needed attention. Maybe the sheriff should’ve prioritized a jail before a multi-million dollar training facility. His budget priorities is his attempt at railroading the city’s public safety staffing and infrastructure needs.

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Madison Haleigh
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Madison Haleigh

I'd rather we put more money to schools to prevent there from being so many people in jail in the first place. If we fund our schools and the education system, there would be less people in jail. If we funded mental health services- there would be less people committing crimes

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Max
Max

The crime problem is a result of the catch and release problem. Too, many people are not afraid to commit crimes.

Harry D
Harry D

Thinking like this is why the city of Columbia is short 50 police officers.

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