Despite a significant drop in overall smoking rates since 1965, marginalized communities have disproportionately high smoking rates due to aggressive marketing by Big Tobacco, and the report calls for government policies to increase access to health care, education, and safe housing to reduce these disparities.
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White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates
By Matthew PerroneThe Associated Press White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that anti-tobacco groups fear could scuttle the long-awaited rule. Administration officials indicated Dec. 6, the process will continue into next year, targeting March to implement the rule, […]
