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(Reuters) -The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S., in a setback to health regulators and activists.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 ...
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 ...
In Ukraine, menthol cigarettes are banned. [36] In Switzerland, the parliament rejected a bill to ban menthol cigarettes. [37] On 5 January 2022, menthol cigarettes were banned in Turkey. [38] In 2023, the Norwegian government stated that menthol cigarettes are set to be banned in 2024. [39]
In 2022, as part of the Biden administration's attack on tobacco and nicotine use, the FDA introduced a proposed rule to ban the sale and purchase of menthol-flavored tobacco and nicotine products.
The announcement is another setback for the health officials at the Food and Drug Administration, who drafted the ban and predicted it would prevent hundreds of thousands of smoking-related deaths over 40 years. The agency has worked toward banning menthol across multiple administrations for more than a decade without ever finalizing a rule.
All flavors in cigarettes except menthol were banned in 2009. The FDA has been considering a ban on menthol for more than a decade . Studies suggest that a ban would save lives and money.
The FDA's long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes may be delayed once again, officials from national public health groups fear. The FDA had previously committed to finalizing the ban in 2023.
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 ...