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"The main vector of that is menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars." The FDA's proposed rule would ban both, which the agency says will "address health disparities experienced by communities of color." Action on Smoking and Health welcomed the FDA's ban, calling it "a major step forward in Saving Black Lives" and averring that "menthol advertising violates the right to health of Black Americans." Although menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes pose similar hazards, the FDA says menthol makes smoking more appealing and harder to quit

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He said he's working with the governor and the attorney general to try again in the coming legislative session

Steve Jermanok Author of several guidebooks and a former columnist for National Geographic Adventure and The Boston Globe , Jermanok now runs a boutique travel agency out of Boston called Active Travels (activetravels.com)