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Breaking news: FDA makes lifesaving move to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

FDA Commits to Evidence-Based Actions Aimed at Saving Lives and Preventing Future Generations of Smokers

“Banning menthol—the last allowable flavor—in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products." -Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D.

We Are Not Profit

For too long, Big Tobacco has been strategically killing the Black community with menthol cigarettes. It's time to make things right.

Flavors Hook Kids

Four out of five kids who vape nicotine use flavors. Learn how to talk to your kids about vaping and how to help end the youth vaping epidemic.

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Menthol and the Black Communities

E-cigarettes: Tobacco Industry's Gateway to Addiction

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The tobacco industry's products kill more African Americans annually than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined.

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