What do you think of the ban on "flavored" cigarettes in this new anti-tobacco law in the works?

For the most part I find myself in agreement with this new bill in congress at the moment. Bigger warnings, more adult only sales restrictions, lose the mild/light BS, harder for kids to get them, etc. Those are all great ideas.

But the flavor ban, I don’t know about. It will effectively outlaw cigarettes or tobacco products that are flavored (such as black and milds, or cloves, or “fruit” flavored).

Now I personally do not consider myself a smoker. I have A pack of cloves on hand usually, and over the course of 2 or 3 months I’ll smoke them when at parties or if I’m having a rough rough day (and in fact I tend to give away half of the pack to other people anyways). I know fully well the dangers associated with smoking, and I still choose too on occasion. I don’t think that these laws against flavors are justified (especially since it will remove the only non-cigar smoking I do).

Furthermore, I don’t honestly think this will have any effect on preventing child smokers (which is what it’s aimed at avoiding by removing “candy flavored” cigarettes).

Thoughts?