The Hermann Park incident is part of a bigger problem, city officials say
Double Fresh is commonly described as a mint-forward flavor, with fresh mint, spearmint, and menthol-style cooling notes giving it a clean, icy profile
The 88 is rolled in the Dominican Republic, and made with an Ecuadoran wrapper, Dominican binder, and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic
however, these restrictions often exempted menthol, mint, and wintergreen flavors due to hard lobbying from the industry to not have them count as flavors. Tobacco prevention advocates in Massachusetts wanted to ensure that these flavors were included in local and state sale restrictions
As of January 1, 2013, County taxes on tobacco products include $0.60 per ounce of smoking tobacco and smokeless tobacco, $0.05 per little cigar and $0.30 per large cigar