![A closeup of a person's nose, mouth and hand while smoking a cigarette](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2022-06/menthol-smoking-ban-ap19331507284228.jpg?itok=pW3Y2moS)
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A recent report finds that banning menthol and flavored cigarettes would – within the next five years — eliminate disparities in lung cancer death rates between Black Americans and other racial groups.
Credit: (AP Photo/Elise Amendola), File