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(Reuters) -The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S., in a setback to health regulators and activists.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 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.
When Congress banned all flavors in cigarettes — with the exception of menthol — in 2009, many smokers switched to flavored cigars, undermining the healthy intention of the flavor ban, the FDA ...
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.
A ban on flavored tobacco, as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, was implemented by the CTP on September 22, 2009. This law bans the sale or distribution of any cigarettes containing an artificial or natural flavor other than tobacco. This ban does not apply to menthol.
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.
After Columbus, Ohio banned the sale of menthol cigarettes on Jan. 1, the state legislature voted to strip cities of their ability to regulate tobacco. Doctors are outraged.