GOP Senator Lights Up Trump's FDA Chief on Menthol Cigarette Ban
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Republican Senator Richard Burr torched FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on the Senate floor Thursday over a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, and said he wants President Donald Trump to get involved.
The North Carolina Republican said a ban on menthol cigarettes would deprive adult consumers of a product they enjoy and cost states billions of dollars a year in tax revenue. His home state is in the heart of tobacco country.