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The USTR has determined that the following countries have adopted an effective visa system and related procedures and have satisfied the customs requirements of the AGOA and, therefore, are to be afforded the tariff treatment provided for in this note:Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Republic of Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia (b) (i) For purposes of heading 9802.00.80, duty-free treatment shall be accorded to the following articles imported directly from a beneficiary United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) country previously designated by the President in a proclamation issued pursuant to such Act and enumerated in general note 17(a) to the tariff schedule-- (A) apparel articles sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more such beneficiary countries from fabrics wholly formed and cut, or from components knit-to-shape, in the United States, from yarns wholly formed in the United States, or both (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of chapter 56 and are wholly formed and cut in the United States) provided they otherwise comply with the provisions of this note

The agency has long faced calls to act on menthols, which are disproportionately used by youth and people of color and in low-income communities
Smoking Thrills Columbia Healths collaboration with the Truth Initiative campaigning against nicotine use