Maryland Proposes Flavored Tobacco Ban

[ssjones]

Also, I am skeptical about them receiving only one email opposing it. The last time I emailed my so called representative opposing a tobacco tax, I received a thank you email back for my support of the new proposed tax. They didn't even read it or the intern that did didn't understand the word oppose.

In my email, I did mention my wife's position, (thanked them for their service, etc.) so perhaps they felt a little more open. Could be BS as well. I'll monitor the committee.

If it moves forward, you can submit testimony against, now done via Zoom...anyone?

 

[JOHN72]

Just like the recent 5,593 page relief bill, which included crap from horse racing to the Dalai Lama. These elected officials tend to stray from important universal matters, to what matters to them... It’s a joke.

When smoking tobacco prohibited,we will go to yoga classes,and a lollipop in your mouth..............

 

[ssjones]

When smoking tobacco prohibited,we will go to yoga classes,and a lollipop in your mouth..............

If we stand by idly, and complain only on a pipe forum, yep, that could be the outcome.

 

[STP]

When smoking tobacco prohibited,we will go to yoga classes,and a lollipop in your mouth..............

I prefer yoga w/goats, but I do like Tootsie Pops?

 

[Stompthroat]

Maryland is great, enjoy your stay. It's a small enough state that you can drive over the border and buy what you need!

 

[ssjones]

I'm five miles from WV, and 10 from PA and Boswells, not an issue for me (and I work in VA all the time, just visited JB Hayes in VA yesterday). But, I'm lucky.

 

[ssjones]

A little bit of good news, both House and Senate bills are hung up in their respective bodies.
They've each been heard, and assigned to a 2nd committee. They haven't advanced since.

Even better, my wife heard from the big dog of Maryland lobbyists, Bruce Beareano (if you watch the documentary on Frank Zappa,he's with Bruce in the 80's for a Maryland hearing). Bruce wrote opposition letters to both committees representing some Maryland commerce group. He carries a big stick, so we'll have to stay tuned.

Bruce was also the champion and best friend of former Governor Marvin Mandel, probably the most famous of pipe-smoking US politicians. So, he gets pipe smokers!

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Emergency bill... damnit man.

 

[Ethan]

My current location already has a flavored tobacco legislation. Be aware, I tried to order the " tobacco of the week " from a well known online supplier, and it was flagged as not able to ship. Not because it actually had a casing etc. I think it was because there was the "key words" "The flavor and body are astoundingly stout" as part of the description and it got flagged electronically. The tobacco in question was the Warhorse bar.

 

[fireground_piper]

I'm not familiar with War Horse Bar at all, but it seems like it has a bunch of top flavorings on it according to tobacco reviews:

Flavoring	Anisette, Floral Essences, Other / Misc, Tonquin Bean

 

[cosmicfolklore]

If there is any tobacco that is flavored, War Horse is the most flavored. When I placed my order when it was first released the box wreaked of the aroma, and even the postman said it was smelling up his truck. The smell has dissipated some, but it still is overwhelmingly flavored.

I believe they said it was also supposed to have belladonna and valerian root. But, I'm not sure those made the final cut when they remade it.

 

[Ethan]

If there is any tobacco that is flavored, War Horse is the most flavored. When I placed my order when it was first released the box wreaked of the aroma, and even the postman said it was smelling up his truck. The smell has dissipated some, but it still is overwhelmingly flavored.

I believe they said it was also supposed to have belladonna and valerian root. But, I'm not sure those made the final cut when they remade it.

I was going off the description which has it listed as a non-aro made Burley, DFK, and VA. Am almost glad it got flagged now...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I was going off the description which has it listed as a non-aro made Burley, DFK, and VA. Am almost glad it got flagged now...

I like to smoke War Horse occasionally, but I always wonder whether I am getting a huge nic hit or if I am getting some other sort of chemical poisoning. I smoke heavy hitters before bed, and when I smoke War Horse, I wake up with a huge head ache and hang over feeling.

The last time I smoked it, my daughter banged on my door asking me if I was burning old shoes.

 

[Ethan]

I like to smoke War Horse occasionally, but I always wonder whether I am getting a huge nic hit or if I am getting some other sort of chemical poisoning.

The last time I smoked it, my daughter banged on my door asking me if I was burning old shoes.

and now I kind of want it again....

 

[mso489]

It's all the fault of the flavorless tobacco lobby. That's a cash crop in Maryland.

 

[sablebrush52]

Wow! That pretty much kills all flavored pipe tobacco. In the California bill, pipe tobacco was specifically excluded.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Damn, Massachusetts passes a law to stop all 22 of their pipe smokers. The kids are all safe now.

 

[Ethan]

Damn, Massachusetts passes a law to stop all 22 of their pipe smokers. The kids are all safe now.

Kind of seems like mixed messaging. Where is one of those anti-bullying campaigns my kids heard about all through school when there are 22 of us obviously in need of 1. Maybe it only applies if someone is taking your lunch money...

 

[sablebrush52]

I'm not familiar with War Horse Bar at all, but it seems like it has a bunch of top flavorings on it according to tobacco reviews:

Flavoring	Anisette, Floral Essences, Other / Misc, Tonquin Bean

They forgot to mention the heliotrope.

Older versions included belladonna.

 

[jmill208]

Maryland has whacked us with a very steep excise tax making mail orders quite disagreeable. These bills may be DOA (for now) but the slow erosion continues.