For decades the tobacco industry has deliberately targeted Black communities with marketing for menthol cigarettes, with tragic consequences
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Because it filters the smoke through water, many people find it delivers a cooler, smoother, and more pleasurable hit
Policy-makers ought to prioritize tobacco control national efforts that focus on young adults, and should address the cohort-specific challenges in order to maintain the downward trend in smoking prevalence and further reduce the number of preventable premature deaths due to cigarette use
Opposition from anti-tobacco organizations, health and medical associations, and, in particular, a quartet of federal entitiesthe surgeon general, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)has slowed transition, left consumers disorientated, protected the cigarette trade, and damaged or destroyed hundreds of pro-health businesses
These effects include: attrition of tooth structure, staining, halitosis, gingival recession, periodontal disease, leukoplakia and cancer of the mucous membranes
