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When the Biden Food and Drug Administration announced its plan to ban menthols, it cited the fact that out of all Black smokers, nearly 85 percent smoke menthol cigarettes, compared to 30 percent of White smokers who smoke menthols. Other kinds of flavored cigaretteswhich apparently once included cinnamon, toffee, vanilla and bourbon, among so many other disgusting tobacco flavor profileswere banned back in 2009, but not menthols, which continued to be sold
A 2002 government estimate placed the smoking-related mortality at 50,000 deaths per year, with a concurrent forecast suggesting a mortality rate as high as 200,000 a year within ten years (Poureslami, p
Black market cigarettes reportedly cost about $10 to $15 a packet, compared with about $40 or more for a legal 20-pack, and account for about half of all tobacco consumed in Australia, according to estimates by the illicit tobacco and e-cigarette commissioner (Itec)
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