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A full ban on the use of colors and graphics on cigarette and smokeless tobacco packaging A ban on the ability for a tobacco company to sponsor an event or piece of merchandise with their brand name The FDA’s authorization of "further restrictions", allowing federal, state, local, and Indian governments to enact legislation more strict than ...
The report describes Biden’s failure to finalize the menthol ban as a glaring example of the tobacco industry “taking more aggressive actions at the federal and state level to protect its ...
Efforts to ban menthol cigarettes have been ongoing for multiple administrations, but, in April 2021, the Biden administration's FDA announced plans to finalize the rule. The move was met with ...
A ban on menthol cigarettes has been in the works for more than a decade. A 2013 citizen petition prompted the Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol as a flavor in cigarettes, but rules to ...
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Long title: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Menthol cigarettes, which comprise a third of the industry's total U.S. market share, have also faced scrutiny for their disproportionate impact on the health of Black communities.
Found naturally in peppermint and similar plants, menthol is used disproportionately by Black smokers, in part because of tobacco companies' marketing efforts and also appeals to younger smokers.
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