Gwen Carr, whose son Eric Garner was selling loose cigarettes when police killed him, opposes menthol bans over concerns they'll harm Black communities, where people prefer menthols. She believes ...

The FDA is advancing a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, which it says are harder to quit. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney explains why ...

Menthol cigarettes appear to be on the verge of being banned by the FDA, driven by mounting pressure from advocacy groups such as the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council.

Delayed menthol cigarette ban spurs debate over impact on Black Americans : Shots - Health News Black smokers make up menthol tobacco's largest market, and have the highest rates of lung cancer.

Activists and health advocates are pressing the Biden administration to ban menthol cigarettes ahead of an FDA deadline. Black community leaders and public health advocates marched toward the ...

For the research, 639 adult menthol smokers made hypothetical choices between menthol and non-menthol cigarettes, menthol and non-menthol e-cigarettes, and attempting to quit.

Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products on May 17, 2018, at a store in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/AP) Regarding the Jan. 20 editorial, “ Don’t let politics cloud a menthol cigarette ban ”: ...

Biden Might Ban Menthol Cigarettes—and It’s Possible It Could Affect the Election Advocates of the ban say that it’s a clear win for public health. That’s not the case.

Menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed to African American people since at least the 1950s and make up one-third of the total US cigarette market share.

In 2009, Congress passed a law banning the use of flavoring in cigarettes with one exception: menthol. The FDA set up an advisory committee to study the matter.

The FDA first began regulating e-cigarettes in August 2016 and it has authorized 27 e-cigarette products for sale in the U.S. to date, including Altria-owned NJOY’s menthol vape products.

Menthol cigarettes will be banned from April 1. Here’s why – and what else is changing Published: March 31, 2025 2:55pm EDT. Becky Freeman, University of Sydney. Author.