Menthol Killed a Generation of Black Smokers. It's Still Not Banned
Lobbying and White House delays keep menthol cigarettes on the shelves, even though it kills tens of thousands of Black people a year.
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Lobbying and White House delays keep menthol cigarettes on the shelves, even though it kills tens of thousands of Black people a year.
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The traditional assumption had been that after 15 years of no longer smoking, the risk of lung cancer had dropped to such a low level that screening was no longer cost effective.
Prediction models are needed to identify individuals at high risk for lung cancer who are former smokers and for whom low-dose computed tomography screening is not recommended, according to one study.