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In todays letter, the coalition specifically highlights calls by civil rights and public health groups to remove menthol tobacco products from the marketplace in order to protect public health and address the unequal impact of these products on minority communities and other vulnerable populations, including young people

The FDA has authorized these products as part of a harm reduction strategy so that smokers who are unwilling or unable to quit cigarettes through traditional methods can switch to safer forms of nicotine

Again, saying that something causes cancer of any kind is a big claim

Efforts in 2025 (such as SB 1314) sought to formally expand the packaging restrictions to any vape solution, regardless of nicotine:

Between 1999 and 2020, smoking prevalence decreased substantially in all provinces, although not consistently (Table 2.1)