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The main argument against a menthol ban has focused on the potential for it to encourage unlicensed distribution of menthol cigarettes in communities of color, which some social justice advocates ...
Trump's FDA moved to squash a proposed rule to ban menthol cigarettes just one day after the president was sworn in, angering anti-smoking advocates. ... step up their efforts to end the sale of ...
One of the ads says a ban would “criminalize” menthol cigarettes. It shows images of Eric Garner, a Black man who died after a police chokehold in 2014, when officers detained him for selling ...
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.
Territory-wide ban on smoking in restaurants only: On February 6, 2007, the Natasha Protection Act went into effect after the Supreme Court of Guam lifted an injunction on it, banning smoking in all restaurants, as well as in bars that double as restaurants between 4:00 am and 10:00 pm; the ban does not cover either stand-alone bars or ...
Among cigarette smokers aged 18 to 25, 53% used menthol cigarettes, compared with 42% of smokers over 35, the CDC said. The FDA has said eliminating menthol could prevent 324,000 to 654,000 ...
Sales of cigarettes, other tobacco products or electronic cigarettes to people under age 21 can result in New York City fines of up to $1,000 for the first violation and any other violation found that same day, and up to $2,000 for the second violation and any subsequent violation within three years.
A long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars that was expected to come this year is now not expected until at least March. But civil rights groups and public health organizations ...