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Leaders warn of menthol threat

… at young people and African Americans and that the flavoring … said that 85% of African Americans who use tobacco use menthol … shock because she thought African American and other communities were … changes in the law.

African Americans are not the only …

Source: The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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