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
The World Bank estimates that one-third of the worlds adult population smokes an astonishing 80 percent of whom live in low- and middle-income countries. And that number just keeps growing in places like Indonesia, where a smoking household will spend about 11 percent of its income on cigarettes and the rate of smokers between the tender age of 5 and 9 has dramatically risen since 2001
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The recent rise in popularity of electronic smoking devices has pointed out a glaring loophole in current law that must be closed in order to keep these products out of the hands of children. Reducing public consumption of tobacco improves health E-cigarette use in public places not only encourages tobacco use among youth, but it undermines the health benefits of smoke-free laws, said American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Colorado Government Relations Director R.J
For example, including claims that their product emits fewer harmful substances, the principle that the product itself is less harmful, or the product could be used as an alternative to smoking cessation
