Black people die at significantly higher rates than White people of smoking-related illnesses including stroke, heart disease and lung cancer: They make up 12% of the population in the US, but people who are Black account for 41% of smoking-related premature deaths and 50% of the life-years lost associated with menthol tobacco product use between 1980 and 2018, one study found
The study reported that among former smokers, those who had predominantly smoked menthol cigarettes exhibited a 12% increase in all-cause mortality, a 16% rise in cardiovascular disease mortality, a 13% increase in ischemic heart disease mortality, and a 43% surge in mortality from other heart diseases, compared to those who smoked non-menthol cigarettes
A few years ago I almost had a chance to visit this wonderland, officially known as the Harnik General Foods factory but forever identified in my head as the Phantom Factory, home to my most favourite candy growing up
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