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"I am insulted that the tobacco industry would make an effort to make us believe that mentholated cigarettes are part of African American culture, and that this is a discriminatory piece of legislation against Black people," then-Assemblywoman Shirley Weber said before the Legislature voted on the ban

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For the more adventurous nicotine users, there are nicotine chewing gum brands that offer even higher nicotine strengths than 4mg - be warned, they are pretty strong

In nearly all cases, the groups opposing the ban have received donations from tobacco companies

Combined with digital traceability systems , they enable real-time tracking from production to retail , allowing rapid identification of diversion or leak points