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Baltimore Black Baptist Ministers Conference Expresses Opposition to Proposed Maryland Menthol Ban

“We have to protect our people from some of these laws, some of these public policies that get passed that has unintended consequences,” remarked National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I am really concerned about this banning of menthol cigarettes. It was originally for flavored tobacco products in the bill, but they have mixed in menthol, which includes the Newport brand that many in our community uses,” Bishop J.L. Carter, the president, and pastor of the Ark Church in Baltimore, said during a Baltimore Baptist Ministers conference call on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

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