Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
(Reuters) -The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S., in a setback to health regulators and activists.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 ...
A menthol ban had been more than a decade in the making across multiple administrations, but it was held up at almost every turn. The FDA finally proposed one in 2022, but the target date for a ...
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.
On 20 May 2020, menthol cigarettes were banned in all European Union countries. Despite having left the EU in January 2020, the United Kingdom also enacted the ban legislation. [33] Studies have shown that the EU menthol cigarettes ban was effective in increasing quit attempts and quitting among pre-ban menthol smokers. [34]
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.
In the other 23 states with a statewide general smoking ban, some cities and counties have enacted stricter local smoking bans to varying degrees. In California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont, usage of e-cigarettes is prohibited indoors.
Flavors in cigarettes were banned in 2009, but after serious lobbying from the industry, menthol was left out of the ban. Many public health leaders say that regulations on the last flavor allowed ...
The U.S. government was sued on Tuesday by anti-smoking groups that want a ban on menthol cigarettes and blame the Biden administration for delaying it. Found naturally in peppermint and similar ...