Gedwyn Power smokes a menthol cigarette in front of a Quick Stop store on March 30, 2010, in Miami. (Photo: Joe Raedle via Getty Images) I’m in the back of my parents’ red Ford Monarch. The ...

When menthol cigarettes weren't available, smokers who prefer menthol were less willing to buy other types of cigarettes. Instead, they turned to nicotine replacement products like patches or gum.

However, the public health benefits of menthol regulation are dwarfed by those that would be achieved from making all cigarettes non-addictive. 22nd Century’s VLN® cigarettes contain 95% less ...

Today, menthol cigarettes tend to be more heavily advertised and less expensive in neighborhoods with higher numbers of Black residents. And although all menthol users might have a harder time ...

No similar reforms for the United States Menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed to African American people since at least the 1950s and make up one-third of the total US cigarette market share.

The Food and Drug Administration has spent years developing the plan to eliminate menthol cigarettes, estimating it could prevent 300,000 to 650,000 smoking deaths over several decades.

The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. According to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 81% of Black and 51% of Hispanic smokers ...

Study published in 2015 on menthol cigarette smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults using 2009-2010 survey data The NAACP U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A new study on mentholated cigarette use in the U.S. finds an increase in menthol cigarette smoking among young adults and concludes that efforts to reduce smoking likely are ...

Menthol cigarette ban: Biden administration may finalize regulations soon By Stephanie Weaver Updated April 5, 2024 2:29pm PDT U.S.