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Blacks May Be Set to Lose Menthols - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now considering banning mentholated cigarettes. The FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee has been studying the effect of the cigarettes for the past year. The popularity of brands such as Kool and Newport in the Black community has been blamed by many for the higher rate of lung cancer among African-American men in comparison to white men. An ad campaign for Lorillad, the company that makes Newports, pushes the idea that adults should have the freedom to smoke menthols if they want to. “Informed grown-ups who decide to smoke should have the freedom to choose menthol cigarettes,” one ad states, USA Today reports.

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Blacks May Be Set to Lose Menthols

A ban on menthols could be a good thing.
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