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The American Lung Association reports that menthol cigarettes were responsible for 1.5 million new smokers, 157,000 smoking-related premature deaths and 1.5 million life years lost among Black Americans from 1980-2018. This year, the Biden administration has been reviewing proposals from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove menthol from cigarettes and cigars but has deferred decision-making in this area

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Peg Leeson takes a look at a nasty habit, a factory that used to produce it and the women who worked there