Al Sharpton and the NAACP are butting heads over whether menthol-flavored cigarettes — which have hooked 80 percent of African-American smokers — should be banned.

Sharpton said in an interview Wednesday morning that he has serious concerns about a City Council bill that would outlaw menthol tobacco.

“We don’t want another Eric Garner situation,” said Sharpton, referring to the Staten Island man who died in 2014 after being placed in a chokehold by a cop following a dispute over selling illegal smokes.

“Eric Garner was killed during an encounter over selling loosies.”

A few hours after Sharpton made those comments, the NAACP testified in favor of the ban at a Council hearing.

Lorraine Braithwaite-Harte, health chairman of the NAACP’s state chapter, said the ban is needed because more than 80 percent of black smokers use menthol cigarettes.

“For decades, the tobacco industry has intentionally and successfully marketed menthol cigarettes to African-Americans – and particularly African-American youth and women,” she said.

“The net result is our community suffers from tobacco-related diseases at rates far above what should be acceptable”

Sharpton said he supports efforts to curb smoking, but that civil liberty issues still have to be addressed.

“There will be a black street market for these cigarettes. The question is: how will the ban be enforced?” he added. “The police powers and procedures have to be laid out in the bill.”

Sharpton also said he’s hearing complaints about New York pursuing contradictory policies — moving to legalize marijuana while outlawing menthol cigarettes.

“People are saying, ‘Grandson can smoke marijuana but grandma can’t smoke menthol cigs,’” he said.

The Council’s Finance Committee also heard testimony on a bill drafted by Councilman Mark Levine (D-Manhattan), the committee chairman, to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.

While many of the dozen-plus people who testified at the hearing supported both bills, there were some detractors.

Dr. David Abrams, a longtime anti-smoking advocate and professor of social and behavioral sciences at the NYU College of Global and Public Health, contended Levine’s bill would place “barriers between adult smokers and vaping products that could save their lives.”

“Millions of smokers have already quit with vaping and many cite flavors as vital in switching completely from inhaling toxic tobacco smoke, he added.