“The message brought to the streets Sunday was clear — amend state Senate Bill 1147 to add menthol to the list of banned tobacco flavors. The bill among other provisions would make unlawful the sale of flavored tobacco products, but does not inlcude menthol among the flavors. Valerie Saiki of the Kaua‘i CTFH said there are some 15,000 tobacco flavors, including menthol that was thrown out in the creation of SB1147. “The lawmakers who worked on this are not smokers,” Saiki said. “They aren’t aware that menthol is a flavor and needs to be added to the list of flavors contained in SB1147.” The bill was approved by various Senate committees last week.”
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