having cigarette Adult smoking fell to all-time low in first year of pandemic – The Hill Study: Smoking bans saved lives

As the FDA itself states, the move to prohibit menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars is based on clear science and evidence establishing the addictiveness and harm of these products. The FDA estimates that taking menthol cigarettes off the market would save up to 654,000 lives over the next 40 years, including as many as 238,000 Black lives

People who have never smoked may be put off from starting to smoke

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Part of that is smoking, its now known that smoking is a factor in causing diabetes, part of it is poor diet, obesity, lack of health care, high rates of poverty, etc