Prognosis
Tobacco Companies Target Black Teens With Candy-Flavored Cigars
Despite an outcry over Juul and other e-cigs, tobacco companies are still aggressively pushing flavored tobacco products to young black users
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Brightly colored packages of flavored cigars line the shelves behind bullet-proof glass at the Benning Market & Dollar Plus corner store in Northeast Washington, D.C.
Mixed in with the cigar display is a box of electronic hookahs in flavors like watermelon and mango. The hookahs are manager Mohammad Omer's attempt to get in on the e-cigarette craze. Barely any have sold.