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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is saying smokers diagnosed with the coronavirus could expect a more severe infection. The American Lung Association agrees and elaborated on what you might need to know here.
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Starting in February, vaping products and e-cigarettes will no longer be sold at stores in St. Louis Park. The City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to prohibit the sale of vaping products, the first community in Minnesota to do so. Last year St. Louis Park banned the sale of flavored tobacco, and in 2017 the city raised the legal age to buy tobacco and tobacco products to 21.
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Tobacco companies have targeted African Americans for years in their predatory marketing of menthol products, putting them at risk for smoking-related disease and death. Smoking cigarettes, especially menthol flavored cigarettes, has resulted in approximately 45,000 African American deaths each and every year. This bill would not only ban flavored tobacco products that have been known to spark a youth vaping epidemic and target minority populations but would also ban online sales of e-cigarettes while restricting advertising and marketing of those products.
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Supporters of the bill said that it takes an important step in protecting children, who are not only attracted by the whimsical flavors, but also lured into a false sense of security by them.
