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Black community leaders advocate for bans on flavored tobacco, fight for ordinances to limit sales

PHOENIX — Cynthia Smitherman, who’s been educating people about the dangers of smoking for 30 years, lost her only son to head and neck cancer in 2016. She blames tobacco companies for targeting Black youth in their advertising for menthol cigarettes, and said her son’s habit of smoking Marlboro Menthols for 20 years was the […]