The state Senate Health Committee advanced the bill Thursday despite pushback.
in the U.S. prefer menthol-flavored cigarettes. Vitale said that’s because tobacco companies have historically pitched menthol products to Black consumers.to approve the bill at the Statehouse in Trenton. “It will be inconvenience for those who use menthol cigarettes as a method to beat their addiction. But hopefully, over time, this will lead to their ability to at least try to stop smoking and lead healthier lives.
Both senators would voted against the bill Thursday were Republicans who said they don’t believe bans would work. Ed Durr of Gloucester County and Mary Ellen Peppard, vice president of the New Jersey Food Council, told lawmakers Thursday that stores will also lose “ancillary sales” of other products when people go elsewhere to buy cigarettes. That, she said, particularly hurts stores that border other states without such a ban.
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