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In our 2017 report, Tobacco Nation: The deadly state of smoking disparity in the U.S., we highlighted a group of 12 states in this region, all of which had higher smoking prevalence than the national average: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia

There are presently more than 34 million cigarette smokers in the U.S., however, this number is down from 40 million in 1997

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Moreover, the quantity of menthol cigarettes that could be made available on the black market would be far less than the quantity that will be available if menthol remains legal