{"id":2352121,"date":"2024-10-08T12:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sherrod-brown-hit-with-advertising-in-ohio-over-menthol-cigarette-ban-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:00:02","slug":"sherrod-brown-hit-with-advertising-in-ohio-over-menthol-cigarette-ban-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sherrod-brown-hit-with-advertising-in-ohio-over-menthol-cigarette-ban-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherrod Brown hit with advertising in Ohio over menthol cigarette ban &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsherrod-brown-hit-with-advertising-in-ohio-over-menthol-cigarette-ban-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2352121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A right-wing nonprofit\u2063 organization has launched a 30-second \u200ddigital advertisement targeting Senator Sherrod Brown \u2062(D-OH) over his support for a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. Shared exclusively with the Washington\u2062 Examiner, the ad from \u2062Building America\u2019s Future \u200caccuses Brown \u200cand other Democrats of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mike-johnson-will-be-firing-himself-if-he-caves-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson, the speaker, risks self-termination if he surrenders on Ukraine\">neglecting pressing issues<\/a> \u2064like inflation and housing. It urges voters to\u2064 reject what it calls the Democrats&#8217;\u200b &#8220;out of touch agenda&#8221; \u200ccome November.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200dadvertisement is part\u200d of \u2064a broader Republican strategy \u200dto link\u200b the proposed menthol ban to the Biden administration, aiming\u200b to sway Black voters in key swing states. Previous \u200bads, such as one \u2062from\u2064 the Liberty Policy \u200bFoundation, have also used similar messaging against Brown. Polling indicates that \u200cwhile Black voters currently lean toward the Democrats, their support could diminish if\u2064 they perceive a disconnect regarding \u200bthe menthol \u200cban, especially since a significant \u200cmajority of Black adult smokers use menthol cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA had proposed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-bidens-menthol-cigarette-ban-could-line-terrorists-pockets\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Menthol Cigarette Ban May Benefit Terrorists\">menthol cigarette\u200c ban<\/a> in \u200d2021,\u200b but its implementation has been delayed amid \u2063concerns about its potential impacts on \u200bBlack communities. Brown has previously championed legislation addressing youth tobacco use, including a ban on \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-expected-to-delay-controversial-menthol-cigarette-ban\/\" title=\"Biden administration likely to postpone menthol cigarette ban\">flavored tobacco \u2062products<\/a> like\u200b menthol. His Senate seat is considered\u2064 competitive as Republican candidates aim to\u200c capitalize on voter sentiments in Ohio, a state that leaned towards Donald Trump in \u200bprevious elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sherrod Brown hit with advertising in Ohio over menthol cigarette ban<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1778776\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>A right-wing nonprofit organization launched a 30-second digital ad targeting Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sherrod-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sherrod Brown<\/a> (D-OH) over his support of a proposed menthol cigarettes ban, the latest attack from Republicans as Brown&rsquo;s seat is one of the most competitive seats in the 2024 cycle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The ad, released Monday by Building America&rsquo;s Future and shared exclusively with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, accuses Brown and other Democrats of ignoring inflation and housing problems and instead focusing on a menthol ban.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got bigger problems to deal with, and so do they,&rdquo; the ad says. &ldquo;This November, reject the Democrats out of touch agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"eu48qv8Coxk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Out of Touch - Brown 30\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eu48qv8Coxk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The ad comes after Republicans worked to tie Harris to the Biden administration&rsquo;s support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gops-newest-midterm-issue-menthols\/\" title=\"The GOP\u2019s Newest Midterm Issue: Menthols?\">proposed menthol cigarette ban<\/a> to win over black voters in swing states. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2865003\/conservative-group-ad-campaign-sherrod-brown-menthol-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>similar ad<\/a> from the Liberty Policy Foundation attacking Brown over a proposed menthol ban came out in February.<\/p>\n<p>Polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/763295909\/Tyson-Group-Memo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conducted<\/a> by the GOP-leaning Tyson Group shows Harris leading former President Donald Trump among black voters in states such as Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Wisconsin &mdash; but that support would wane if Harris supported a menthol ban.<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration floated a proposal to implement a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in spring 2021. However, the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2954041\/biden-delays-menthol-ban-2024-concerns-black-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>delayed the ban in April<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Many black community leaders have argued against the ban, claiming it could give police more reasons to target black people. About 81% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-delays-menthol-ban-amid-2024-concerns-over-black-support\/\" title=\"Biden postpones menthol ban due to worries about Black community support for 2024\">black adult smokers<\/a> used menthol cigarettes in 2020,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/tobacco\/basic_information\/menthol\/related-health-disparities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a>&nbsp;the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compared to 34% of white adult smokers.<\/p>\n<p>Brown led Senate Democrats in introducing the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 to curb the rise in tobacco and electronic cigarette usage among youth. Among the provisions would be to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press\/release\/brown-leads-dem-senators-in-introducing-comprehensive-legislation-to-address-youth-tobacco-crisis_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prohibit<\/a> flavored tobacco products, including menthol.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&rsquo;s seat is rated a &ldquo;toss-up&rdquo; by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, with the state likely to stay in Trump&rsquo;s hands in November. The former president won Ohio by eight points twice in the last two presidential cycles, but Brown, a three-term incumbent, has long survived GOP attempts to unseat him since he took office in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The senator faces Bernie Moreno in November, whom GOP supporters are confident can oust Brown this fall due to his competitive primary win and large fundraising hauls. Republicans are widely outspending Democrats in Ohio despite Brown&rsquo;s early ad attacks. The <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> noted that from now until Election Day, which is less than 30 days away, Republicans will spend $94.2 million compared to Democrats&rsquo; $74.3 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Internal polling from the National Republican Senatorial Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3180709\/sherrod-brown-losing-ground-bernie-moreno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shared<\/a> with<em> The Hill<\/em> found Moreno and Brown are deadlocked at 46% support. The same poll had Brown leading by 7 percentage points in April, with the lead diminishing to 2 percentage points in September.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>reached out to Brown&rsquo;s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1778776\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778776\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherrod Brown faces ads in Ohio over menthol cigarette ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2352125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sherrod-brown-rail-safety-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13386,42565,4333,32227,32076],"class_list":["post-2352121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-advertising","tag-menthol-cigarette-ban","tag-ohio","tag-sherrod-brown","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sherrod-brown-rail-safety-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}