Eighty national public health groups, including the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Preventative Medicine, placed a full-page ad in Sundayās ļ»æedition of the Washington Post in support of a federal ban on menthol in cigarettes and all flavored cigars.
āThe answer is clear,ā the full-page ad says. āSaving lives starts by ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars.
āSmoking kills nearly half a million people in the United States each year, and these addictive, deadly products are a big part of the problem. The FDA and White House have our full support to release lifesaving rules prohibiting menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars.ā
Have you ever smoked a flavored cigar? Yeah, it tastes just like cherries or grape or cognac or whateverā¦ right up until you light it. And then it tastes exactly like tobacco. Just like all other tobacco. Trust me, flavoring tobacco like anything is not the part that makes āchildrenā want to keep smoking it.
