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The FDA has said that eliminating menthol could prevent 324,000 to 654,000 smoking deaths in the United States over 40 years. ... The plaintiffs also sued the FDA for a menthol ban in June 2020 ...
Found naturally in peppermint and similar plants, menthol is the only cigarette flavor still allowed under a 2009 law that gave the FDA authority to regulate tobacco.
The US Food and Drug Administration says it still plans to finalize rules that would prohibit the sale of? menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars this year, but the agency is running behind schedule.
Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months. The lawsuit is the latest effort to force ...
The White House declined to comment. After the FDA in 2022 issued a long-awaited proposal to ban menthol cigarettes, several health and anti-smoking groups urged the Biden administration 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.
An FDA spokesperson said Friday the agency is still committed to banning menthol cigarettes. “As we’ve made clear, these product standards remain at the top of our priorities,” Jim McKinney ...
An FDA spokesperson said Friday the agency is still committed to banning menthol cigarettes. “As we’ve made clear, these product standards remain at the top of our priorities,” Jim McKinney ...