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Report: Big Tobacco targets youth, communities of color in Solano FAIRFIELD — More menthol cigarettes are sold in Solano than any other county in the state, the result – officials said – of a targeted marketing strategy toward communities of color and youth. “Solano County – one of the most diverse counties in the country – has become a leading target of the tobacco industry,” Kirbee Brooks, the county Tobacco Prevention Project coordinator, said in a statement released Thursday b...

Solano board hears how alcohol sold online during Covid finds way into hands of youth FAIRFIELD — It is not particularly surprising that retail and online alcohol sales have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. After all, bars, breweries, distilleries, wineries and restaurants have been closed to the public for much of that time. However, the Solano County Board of Supervisors were told this week that along with an increase in sales and home deliveries of alcohol, state Alcoholic Beverage ...