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Cartels, Hezbollah, Police Violence: How Big Tobacco Is Stoking Opposition to Menthol Cigarette Ban

Halfway through the second Republican presidential debate, Fox Business aired an advertisement that made a jarring argument. President Joe Biden’s proposal to ban menthol cigarettes “will fuel an illicit market, lining the pockets of the Mexican cartels,” warned a man identified in the ad as “retired military intelligence.” The spot—which featured images of the desert, […]

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