En la cubierta: "Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids", "CityHealth--an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente"

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Flavored tobacco products--including flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, and flavored cigars--endanger the health of our communities. The tobacco industry uses flavored tobacco products to lure new users, especially young people, into tobacco addiction. More than 30 million adults in the U.S. are current smokers, and more than 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease including cancer, heart disease, and respiratory diseases. Most adult smokers began smoking before age 18.4 Flavors make tobacco products more appealing to youth, and menthol flavoring can increase the addictiveness of cigarettes and make it harder to quit. Youth use of nicotine in any form, including e-cigarettes, is unsafe, causes addiction, and can harm adolescent brain development, which impacts attention, memory, and learning. CityHealth, an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, works with cities to advance a package of tried and tested policies to ensure all people have access to healthy choices. Cities that adopt Flavored Tobacco Restrictions policies can reduce the use of dangerous and addictive tobacco products and support the well-being of everyone--especially young people and communities of color, who suffer disproportionately from the related health impacts of tobacco use.