The White House has missed its deadline to publish a rule banning menthol cigarettes, raising ire among public health advocates that the policy will be indefinitely delayed by election year politics.
The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a proposed rule this week to ban menthol from cigarettes, as well as to ban flavored cigars. It’s a step that public health officials say is ...
NEW YORK – On his Brooklyn stoop, Marcel Bichotte could hold notes on his saxophone for what felt like hours. Bichotte was an accomplished musician with the big-band group Super Jazz des Jeunes, or ...
Background In May 2020, England banned menthol as a characterising flavour in cigarettes. However, the sale of menthol accessories (eg, filters, flavour cards) remains permitted. This study assessed ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn a rule that would have banned menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, putting a formal end to a policy that had been indefinitely delayed under the ...
The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket. A menthol ban is something that the US Food and ...
The long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes may not be announced by the end of the year, but pushed to 2024, according to officials from two national public health groups working to remove the products ...
The FDA seems intent on imposing a ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars, despite evidence from Europe that it only fuels a black market. And despite evidence in the U.S. that it may worsen inequities ...
Menthol gives cough drops, lip balm and other drugstore remedies that cool minty taste and slight numbing quality. Now the Food and Drug Administration has taken a long-awaited step toward saying that ...
The Biden administration will further delay a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes after fierce lobbying from critics who warn that a prohibition could anger some Black smokers who favor the ...
Advocates are hoping that President Biden will soon come out in favor of banning mint-flavored cigarettes and other tobacco products. By Sheila Kaplan The banning of menthol cigarettes, the ...
When you ask Debra Lewis about her efforts to quit smoking menthol cigarettes, she will tell you plainly: Quitting crack cocaine was easier. In 1980s South Los Angeles, Lewis and her friends were ...