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Activists revive Bridgeport Black Democratic club in late state senator’s memory
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1of5FILE PHOTO 2/8/06 / Bridgeport/Stratford State Senator Ed Gomes greets fellow legislators as he enters the House chamber for the governor s State of the State address.Photo: File Photo/Brian A. Pounds / File Photo
2of5Draped in the American flag, the casket of State Senator Ed Gomes is carried from his funeral service at Blessed Sacrament RC Church on Union Avenue in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
3of5Nichola Hall, left, and Emma Brooks, chair and vice chair of the Greater Bridgeport Ed Gomes Black Democratic Club, pose on a park bench in front of the Morton Government Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. April 14, 2021.Photo: Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
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State lawmakers want to ban all flavored tobacco and e-cigarette products for good this legislative session to cut off their popularity with kids and teens.
Anti-smoking and public health advocates hope the bill will ultimately reduce vaping and tobacco addiction among youth, as well as address some racial health disparities.
“There’s really no reason to have most of these flavors,” said Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, bill co-sponsor and co-chair of the state’s public health committee. “They really are only intended to tempt and entice young people or even adults down a path in which there is almost certainly to be addiction.”