New York Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn inherited a love of music from her father, legendary Haitian big band jazz musician Marcel Bichotte. But she doesnât want to end up dying at 73 from lung and throat cancer, as her dad did, likely because he chain-smoked menthol cigarettes. Before her political career, Bichotte Hermelyn was a singer who once performed at Carnegie Hall with her all-city chorus in high school. But her dadâs early death, and the passing of her mother this spring at 82 of congestive heart failure linked to smoking, has nurtured a new passion â ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products.