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Ask Rep. Wilson to join the fight to eliminate menthol cigarettes!

The Biden Administration is on the cusp of history. Months ago, the FDA sent the White House final regulations to eliminate menthol cigarettes. Now, the White House – which has supported the plan all along – must approve and issue these lifesaving rules.

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) is an important voice to the Biden Administration. We need her on our side, working to hold the Administration accountable for its promise to eliminate menthol cigarettes.

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Please help stop menthol cigarettes

Dear Rep. Wilson,

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Please urge the Biden Administration to keep its promise to eliminate menthol cigarettes and to finalize FDA’s rule to do so.

Eliminating menthol cigarettes would be a truly historic action to drive down tobacco use – the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. It would protect kids from tobacco addiction, advance health equity and save hundreds of thousands of lives, especially Black lives.

For decades, the tobacco industry has marketed menthol cigarettes to Black communities, causing devastating and disproportionate harm to the health of Black Americans. Largely because of menthol cigarettes, Black Americans have a harder time quitting smoking and die at higher rates from tobacco-related diseases like cancer, heart disease and stroke. Research shows that prohibiting menthol cigarettes will save up to 654,000 lives within 40 years, including the lives of 255,000 Black Americans.

Eliminating menthol cigarettes is supported by a huge coalition of public health, social justice, medical, parent, community and other organizations – including  members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, other Black civil rights and health organizations, 100 Black Men of America Inc., the U.S. Conference of Mayors and many, many more.

Menthol is the only cigarette flavor still allowed in the U.S. In 2009, Congress passed a law that prohibited all other cigarette flavors, but the tobacco companies got an exemption for menthol – their most addictive flavor and the one they use to target Black Americans.

Menthol cigarettes lure and addict kids. Their minty taste and cooling sensation make them easier to start, more addictive and harder to quit. Kids age 12-17 are the highest users of menthol cigarettes, and half of youth smokers started by using menthols.

Big Tobacco is peddling false claims that banning menthol cigarettes will subject Black Americans to more law enforcement abuse. But the FDA's menthol rule is crystal clear: It only applies to manufacturers and retailers. Individual use and possession will *not* be illegal. We cannot allow the tobacco industry to cynically exploit the legitimate need for police reform so it can continue to prey on Black Americans with menthol cigarettes.
 
These insidious products have no place in our communities. Please speak out about this important issue.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, [Your information here]

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