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To King James, tobacco was a newly-discovered crop from the Americas, but the ancient Mayans and Aztecs of Mexico had long since smoked it in pipes or rolled up in cigars, puffing on it, as Winston Churchill did, over a good meal with friends

The Spanish took them from South America back to Spain, and then Spanish traders introduced peanuts to West Africa

African Americans are much more likely to smoke menthol cigarettes, which the FDA has found leads to increased smoking initiation among youth and young adults, greater addiction and decreased success in quitting smoking

In fact, one study estimates almost one million people would quit smoking within 17 months of the end of the sale of menthol cigarettes, including almost a quarter of a million Black individuals in the U.S