Califf told a congressional subcommittee on Thursday that a national prohibition would reduce the mortality risk of current smokers of menthol cigarettes by substantially decreasing their consumption and increasing the likelihood of cessation. In the proposed rule, the FDA and Department of Health and Human Services said the public health benefits of a ban would be most notable among Black smokers, who have the highest prevalence of menthol cigarette smoking and experience a disproportionate burden of the related harms. African American men, in particular, have the highest rates of lung cancer in the US, according to the CDC
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She received her Master's in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2009
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