UPDATE — Some readers have stated concerns that the language quoted only references “cigarettes” specifically and not blunts or wraps. I have found that the specific context of this section does only target cigarettes, however the bill does give the FDA power to apply similar restrictions to any tobacco product. This most likely means that flavored blunts and wraps are not a priority under the bill and will not be disappearing from stores immediately.
President Obama signed the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” into law which is aimed to give the FDA more control over what tobacco companies can put into their products and how the products can be marketed. One important part of the new law was aimed at restricting flavored tobacco that anti-smoking groups say target kids. These flavored tobacco products include blunts and wraps which are used by many marijuana smokers to roll marijuana filled cigars. The part of the bill that limits these flavors reads:
“A cigarette or any of its component parts (including the tobacco, filter, or paper) shall not contain, as a constituent (including a smoke constituent) or additive, an artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, or coffee, that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco smoke.”
Tobacco companies like Philly and Swisher have no doubt profited for years from the illegal marijuana industry. Marijuana users commonly purchase legal cigars to empty the tobacco and refill with marijuana. Many other tobacco companies produce “blunt wraps” which do not contain any tobacco making the rolling process easier. The “unflavored” types of these products are still legal under the new law, however the various flavors are usually preferred by most marijuana users.
It is unclear if marijuana smokers were specifically targeted under this bill or when these popular products will be pulled from stores. It is also unclear if the thousands or millions of marijuana users effected will be stocking up on these products because of the tendency for blunts to become stale after long periods of storage.
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First off I just want to say I am personally glad to see it going back to the good ol’days of splitting, dumping, and filling. Obama wants to go back to the roots of smoking. We have had it so easy all these years, and it is just lazy. I also have to add; if you need flavors and what not, your weed is shit. If your getting the amazing stuff on the East and West coast, all you need is a Garcia, Swisher, Phillie, etc……Improvise, but do something other then bitch. I do have one question for everyone. Do you think flavored chewing tobaccos should be banned to? The bill says all flavored tobacco products other then regular or menthol. I quit smoking to dip, how stupid I am, right? Why should this not be banned? I really believe you take away everybodies flavored chews and you see the blunts make it back on the shelves. In no way will this prevent kids from using tobacco products, like everyone is saying, we all do what we want. It is on the parents to set a better example for their children.
So Whatever if they banned bongs/pipes Hmm that wouldnt make a difference You could go buy A bunch of tin foil instead of a pipe and make a pipe outta tin foil They could make a gaterade bottle a pen casing and a small socket into a water bong! Congrats you just made yourself look like an idiot they ban flavored blunt raps well hen we forget about it and buy good weeed actually has FLAVOR… think about it man theres a way around EVERYTHING
and evunttually after they bann everything that makes people happy they think its bad nowpeople will be killing eachother for a half shot of vodka…. Once i can im moving to amsterdam _\|/_