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 ...

New research published in Health Economics indicates that a national prohibition of menthol cigarettes in the United States ...

Richardson cited the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, which found that nearly 1 in 4 high school e-cigarette users used menthol-flavored e-cigarettes.The FDA has found, in its denials of ...

The move to ban menthol cigarettes was applauded by health advocates, including the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association. But plenty of ...

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 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 ”: ...

In 2009, Congress took the important step of banning flavored cigarettes that enticed youth to start smoking. However, that landmark legislation contained a significant flaw: a loophole that ...

May 21 marks No Menthol Sunday — a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of menthol cigarettes, specifically aimed at Black communities. The vast majority of Black Americans who are ...

The recent survey found that 37.5% of Bay State smokers who are 18-plus reported using menthol cigarette products in 2019, compared to 36.9% in 2022.

Menthol cigarettes represent nearly 40% of all cigarettes purchased and consumed by Americans. When menthol tobacco products were emerging in 1933, however, the brand Kool represented only 2% of the ...