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 ...

In efforts to save Black and Brown lives, the government plans to implement a national prohibition on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Honey or vanilla-flavored Backwoods soon will not be ...

Lorillard Inc., trying to stop the U.S. government from outlawing its Newport cigarettes, will tell a Food and Drug Administration panel Thursday that banning the mint flavor will create a black ...

They're the minty-tasting cigarettes, sold in green packs from brands like Newport and Marlboro. They're easier to smoke, as the typical cigarette harshness is masked − and they've long been marketed ...

Anti-tobacco groups are criticizing a federal decision last week to authorize four menthol vaping products. Local criticism came Sunday at a Black church during a mock funeral for Newport Menthol ...

BOSTON — Tom Finnegan, a Dorchester resident who has a job replacing auto glass, has smoked Newport menthol cigarettes for a decade. When he first started smoking, Finnegan said, “Everyone that was ...

If Richard Blumenthal has his way, Sandeep Patel will stop selling his most popular type of cigarette, but a teen outside his Howard Avenue store pledged to keep smoking anyway. Patel (pictured) was ...

SILVER SPRING, Md./NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worst fears were lifted for Newport maker Lorillard Inc on Friday as a report said more research was needed as the U.S. government considers whether to ban ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — It took a full blown, national ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc targeted California school neighborhoods with high proportions of African-American students for its Newport menthol cigarettes, Stanford ...

Customers buy a lot of Newport menthol cigarettes at One Stop Food & Liquor, 168 E. 154th St., Harvey. “That’s my No. 1 bestseller,” store clerk Steven English said. The Food and Drug Administration ...

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 ...