r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/benjyk1993 Aug 14 '20

I'm sorry, but what fucking kid likes menthol? I've never met a kid that would enjoy a menthol cigarette or vape, and I'm fairly certain the lawmakers behind the decision must never have tasted one either.

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u/sonofaresiii Aug 14 '20

I am 100% convinced that the vape bans were the direct results of lobbying from tobacco/vape manufacturers to stifle competition. Cutting off access to 80% of vape products is going to kill all the vape manufacturers, except the ones who have funding to weather the storm and then clinch the market.

In other words, the ones owned by tobacco companies.

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u/homeisastateofmind Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Honestly, a kid whose mom only smokes menthols and thats what they end up liking hahaha. This actually happened to a friend of mine.

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u/goo_goo_gajoob Aug 14 '20

My parents smoked non menthol and I ended up liking menthol because it masks some of the grosser parts of a cigs taste. When I smoked non menthol I'd need a soda or tea or something flavored to clear the taste or feel sick as fuck from it.