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Instead, they appear to be caving to Big Tobacco which has racistly targeted our community for decades, said Carol McGruder, co-chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council

The proposed ordinance is designed to address two major groups, youth and minorities, who have been targeted in successful, well-financed advertising campaigns that promote menthol cigarettes and flavored non-cigarette tobacco products

There is constant back and forth between states and local jurisdictions as they pass tobacco legislation at odds with each other