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"For decades, Big Tobacco has targeted and profited from Black communities with marketing for minty menthol cigarettes and as a result, smoking-related illnesses are the number one cause of death among Black Americans."

The company also said an additional 370 Family Dollar stores and 30 Dollar Tree stores will close over the next several years once their leases expire

While the US lacks a national tobacco discount ban, individual states like New York have enacted legislation prohibiting tobacco coupons

During the Civil War in 1863, Washington Duke converted his entire farm operation to growing and cultivating tobacco