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The federal government banned flavored e-cigarettes in 2020, but left menthol products on the market. A federal ban on menthol, which was expected last year, has been delayed until at least March.
In May 2016, the European Union banned flavored cigarettes including menthols. The ban took effect in 2020. [94] In 2015, Ethiopia, Moldova, and Chile have passed legislation banning flavored tobacco products. [10] Turkey also implemented the world's first ban on menthol in all tobacco products in that year. [95]
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 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 ...
The ban was previously supposed to take effect by the end of December. "It's heartbreaking," said Emily Holubowich, the American Heart Association's national senior vice president of federal advocacy.
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.
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White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that anti-tobacco groups fear could scuttle the long ...