Salon

How Big Tobacco made menthol racial

Keith Wailoo opens his engrossing new book with a vintage Dave Chapelle sketch, and a line from an imagined quiz show called “I Know Black People.” A contestant just has to answer a question, “Why do ...
Yahoo

Westchester votes to ban menthol, flavored tobacco: What it means, why some oppose it

Westchester would become New York’s first county to ban flavored tobacco, including popular menthol cigarettes, under a law passed Monday night by the county Board of Legislators. The law now goes to ...
Tobacco Control

Examining the impact of England’s menthol cigarette ban on postban smoking cessation: longitudinal findings from the England arm of the 2020–2022 ITC Four Country Smoking ...

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 ...
Chicago Tribune

Richard Boykin: President Joe Biden’s dithering on menthol cigarette ban will cost Black lives

Fretting political backlash from Black voters in November, President Joe Biden has indefinitely delayed the Food and Drug Administration’s recommended ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes. Biden fails ...
Time

The FDA Is Moving Forward with a Menthol Cigarette Ban. Here’s What the Science Says

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with plans to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars—policies that agency officials say could help prevent some of the roughly 500 ...
Yahoo

Biden’s Menthol Ban Is Bad Policy

After more than a decade of reports, conferences, petitions, proposals and protests, President Joe Biden’s Food & Drug Administration (FDA) just announced its intention to pursue something that many ...
National Review

Menthol Ban: What Is the Federal Government Smoking?

Dealing with the Venezuelan Regime and the Cartels It Enables The Filibuster ‘at This Point in Time’ No, Mr. President, the ‘Affordability Issue’ Is Not Dead Audio By Carbonatix The Food and Drug ...
The Pantagraph

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

Take a deep breath, America. We’ve made serious progress against cigarette smoking. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23% of adults were smokers in 2000. By 2020, the ...
CNN

Biden administration must decide soon on menthol cigarettes or risk proposed ban going up in smoke, advocates say

Health advocates and activists plan to intensify their push for a ban on menthol cigarettes this week, ratcheting up pressure on the White House ahead of what they say is a critical deadline.
Chicago Tribune

Letters: The FDA’s menthol ban is a good idea for smokers and non-smokers alike

The FDA’s goal to ban menthol cigarettes is a fine one that many of us hopes will succeed. Smokers may know their product is addictive, but be unaware of other detrimental effects in them. Menthol can ...
Los Angeles Times

The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

Take a deep breath, America. We’ve made serious progress against cigarette smoking. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23% of adults were smokers in 2000. By 2020, the ...