LOCAL WINS CREATE STATEWIDE POLICY CHANGE
Cities and counties across California have acted to remove flavored tobacco from their communities, and now the state has followed suit. California will end the sale of flavored tobacco, including vapes and menthol-flavored cigarettes, beginning January 1st, 2021. It’s a huge step in keeping kids from getting hooked on deadly tobacco products. The new law will also help save lives in the Black community. For decades, the tobacco industry has marketed menthol cigarettes to communities of color, leading to soaring rates of addiction, disease and death
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