Harold Wimmer, president of the American Lung Association, said Thursday's announcement was "game-changing." "For generations, the tobacco industry has intentionally targeted Black and other communities with marketing of menthol cigarettes, resulting in tobacco-related death and disease as well as health disparities," he wrote in a statement, adding that close to half of all kids start smoking with menthol cigarettes." Because the vast majority of adult smokers start smoking as teenagers, experts say a ban on menthol has the potential to dramatically reduce the number of people who begin smoking
Proposition 31 was on the ballot because the tobacco industry-funded group, California Coalition for Fairness, conducted a signature-gathering drive to suspend SB 793 from going into effect and force a referendum on whether it should become law
They also pledged to invest $30 million on campaigns aimed at limiting youth use of JUULs
Vaping is more popular among would-be quitters than nicotine patches and gum combined, according to research from the CDC
Tobacco Innovation Milestones in Kent Heritage These milestones cement Kent heritage as a pioneer
Michigan's closest low-tax state is Indiana which has a tax rate of 99.5 cents per pack and a smuggling export rate of 19 percent
