Since Congress first banned flavored cigarettes, the case for ending the sale of menthol cigarettes has only gotten stronger
The bill prohibits store sales of flavored e-cigarettes and other e- devices, menthol cigarettes, non-premium flavored cigars and cigarillos, and other flavored smokable, vapable and smokeless tobacco products, with the exception of shisha tobacco used in hookahs, loose-leaf pipe tobacco and premium cigars costing $12 or more
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This seems to be consistent with the results of the survey, showing that flavour, not price, is the main reason for smokers to choose a cigarette brand
Fortunately, the health risks uncovered by the decades of research eventually forced the US Surgeon General to release scathing findings of the dangers of smoking from the first study funded by the federal government