Not only is the minty, cooling flavored tobacco most heavily marketed and consumed in Black communities, where over 80% of smokers use menthol, it is a big reason Black men face the highest rate of lung cancer, says Phillip Gardiner, a public health activist and co-chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council
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The figures are particularly concerning given relatively high exposure to nicotine through the use of nicotine saltbased e-cigarette products such as Juul, the researchers wrote, which was the most commonly reported brand among youth using e-cigarettes in 2019. By raising the age to buy cigarettes and vaping products, lawmakers are attempting to avert another public health crisis.
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