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Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency

Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency

By STEPHANIE SAUL
Published: May 13, 2008

Some public health experts are questioning why menthol, the most widely used cigarette flavoring and the most popular cigarette choice of African-American smokers, is receiving special protection as Congress tries to regulate tobacco for the first time.

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