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In a fiscal note attached to the bill, the Office of Legislative Services said a menthol ban could cost the state up to $205 million in cigarette tax revenue and $38 million in sales tax collections annually, though it noted the impact would likely be diminished by some smokers picking up unflavored cigarettes

This near-absence represents intentional architecture rather than manufacturing errorCanadian designed Ultra Lights specifically for smokers whose nicotine requirements have diminished to near-zero

For example, people who smoke cigars regularly are four to ten times more likely than non-smokers to die from cancers of the mouth, esophagus, and larynx

Tobacco Control , 25 (6), 699-705