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Menthol cigarettes are purchased disproportionately by African-American smokers, with 80% of African-American smokers consuming menthol cigarettes primarily. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In fact, menthol tobacco marketing is specifically targeted to African Americans ; [ 13 ] it is a subject of research and it has been a subject of litigation on ...
The cigarettes come in boxes that look similar to the menthol versions, and the company is marketing them to menthol smokers. Still, the company said menthol should not be banned.
The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S. in a setback to health regulators and activists.. The Food and Drug Administration had in April 2022 proposed to ...
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.
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 ...
The menthol flavoring in cigarettes creates greater nicotine dependence by enhancing the effects of nicotine on the brain, therefore making it more addictive, according to the CDC.
The Biden administration could soon issue an order banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in the U.S. FDA sends proposed ban on menthol cigarettes to the White House Skip to ...
About 10.1 million Americans started smoking because of menthol cigarettes between 1980 and 2018, and 378,000 people died prematurely, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.