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Smokers of flavored cigarettes change habit  

The fruit-flavored cigarette ban was the FDA's first high-profile move, which was hailed by health advocates but criticized by smokers and business owners.

"Before now, tobacco was the only consumable product that wasn't regulated," said Brad Burk, director of federal government relations for the American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Division. "It's going to go a long way in helping people to stop cigarette smoking."

But Glover, who plans to quit smoking clove cigarettes when she has no more, doesn't believe banning them is going to make people quit smoking.

"Some of my friends are turning to cigarettes," said Glover, a Clarkston resident.

On the day before the ban began, many local tobacco retailers were keeping the products on their shelves to avoid losing the money they invested in inventory.

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