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Menthol cigarettes are easier to start, harder to quit In 2009, the FDA banned almost all flavors from cigarettes. It allowed menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars to stay on the market, though.

Also in February 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill by a 213-195 vote that would dramatically tighten federal tobacco regulations, including banning all non-tobacco flavorings ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to ban menthol flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars, including menthol flavor, within the next year, according to an agency announcement ...

Addicted to menthol: Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black communities could soon end Debra Lewis, 62, has smoked menthol cigarettes for 40 years and has tried to quit repeatedly.

Menthol is the only cigarette flavor that was not banned under the 2009 law that gave the FDA authority over tobacco products, an exemption negotiated by industry lobbyists.

FILE – This May 17, 2018 file photo shows packs of menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products at a store in San Francisco. U.S. health regulators will announce a new effort Thursday, April 29 ...

The proposal builds on the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which banned cigarette flavors — aside from tobacco and menthol — in 2009.

Menthol is not just a flavor — it’s a way for tobacco companies to recruit a new generation of smokers. To echo the “It’s Not Just” campaign, Big Tobacco’s predatory usage of menthol ...

A ban on flavored tobacco, including menthol, is good for public health and bad for Big Tobacco’s profit. All ethnic groups regardless of race, ethnicity, gender and/or sexual orientation.

The boom in menthol cigarettes is the hottest fad to strike the industry since filters. Almost overnight, menthols have grabbed 10% of the market, are expected to crack 13% by year’s end.