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Now if we think about tobacco in the same way, Hart says, the people who are gonna pay the price are the same people who pay the price poor people. Indeed, nearly three-fourths of all US smokers come from lower socioeconomic statuses, with those below the poverty line twice as likely to smoke as those above it
Its clear that there are still more conversations to have, and that will take significantly more time. The decision caps a yearslong fight between the tobacco industry looking to kill the rule and anti-smoking advocates including a number of African American interest groups, such as the NAACP trying to get the ban across the finish line