Posted on 04/27/2021 1:09:05 PM PDT by Dahoser
The Food and Drug Administration appears likely to move to ban menthol in cigarettes this week — a step, experts say, that has been years in the making and that could have a significant positive impact on the health of Black Americans.
The FDA's decision would not ban menthol immediately, but rather kick off the rule-making process to do so, which could take years.
"The winds are definitely in our favor," said Delmonte Jefferson, executive director of the Center for Black Health & Equity, citing both the decades of data that show that the cooling flavor in cigarettes makes it easier to start smoking combined with the current cultural momentum toward improving the lives of Black Americans.
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Other vulnerable groups might also benefit. LGBTQ communities also have higher rates of menthol tobacco use, as do adolescents.
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Do you know how to increase the print size on this site? I just had to reset Firefox because it was running so slow and now the print size here is small
I bet FF was updating. I quit FF a couple months ago. I now use Brave.
Try exiting FF then back in.
Or exit out of FR then back on....................
I began smoking during my freshman year at Univ of Cincinnati in ‘67 when a 10-pack carton was $3
My brand of choice was Benson & Hedges menthol - for the flavor and the extra length of 100mm.
Eventually I smoked 2 packs a day until I quit cold turkey at 28 with nary a problem.
Strangely believe it but Microsoft produced Edge to replace Explorer it has the ability to go to settings and adjust font size. I switched from Chrome to try Edge out and found it to be as good and perhaps even better
Edge is cloud based and seems to integrate with the many other Microsoft cloud based offerings
I would suggest giving Edge a try out
They’re called “Lobbyists”.
I’m sure both have their fans. I just remembered always having to order grape soda for functions that had blacks participate.
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