“Rep. Frank Pallone is now pushing for a ban on the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, cigars, and, of course, menthol cigarettes. The New Jersey Democrat’s proposal would amount to the most sweeping prohibition in 100 years. But the traditional arguments for menthol prohibition are themselves a relic of a bygone era when smoking rates were high, cigarette prices were low, and tobacco advertising was ubiquitous.”
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