Earlier this month, the House of Representatives voted to end the 83-year-old federal criminalization of marijuana. The passage of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act marks an important milestone in ending the war on drugs. On the House floor, numerous congressmen and women gave impassioned speeches as members urged their colleagues to vote for the bill in the name of racial justice, personal choice, public health, scientific research, and protecting youth from unregulated black markets.

Ironically, these are the exact arguments that Congress is ignoring in their pursuit of flavored tobacco prohibitions.