Menthol cig ban proposal leaves Ron DeSantis fuming
Florida’s Governor is grumbling about moves from the Joe Biden administration that could prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes.
“I would reverse that policy. I think it’s ridiculous what Biden’s doing,” Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday’s WFEA’s Morning Update with Drew Cline.
The White House hasn’t yet committed to the menthol ban, it should be noted, but it’s a priority of the Food and Drug Administration.
The Florida Governor cast aspersions at prohibition, saying that “things that have been legal for a long time, when you try to take it out, then there ends up just being a black market.”
A few years back, DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have raised the age to buy tobacco to 21 that woul...
