Thats because the equivalent of smoking a pack a day for 20 years could mean smoking half a pack daily for 40 years, two packs a day for 10, or any other permutation that results in the required combination of smoking intensity and duration
But banning menthol could be seen as biased and patronizing, with the government telling Black adults that they no longer have access to the kind of smokes they like, while most white people get to continue with their chosen form of cigarettes
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David Sutton, spokesman for Altria, which owns the nations largest tobacco company, Philip Morris, said his firm opposed the very excessive tax increase proposal because it would be unfair to consumers and would create incentives for counterfeit and contraband tobacco products