Anti-Tobacco Activists Hold ‘Menthol Funeral’ in Washington
WASHINGTON — A group of anti-tobacco activists and their supporters held a “menthol funeral” here Thursday, demanding that the Biden administration release a long-delayed final rule banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and other menthol-flavored tobacco products. “Let us bury menthol cigarettes; enough is enough,” said Rev. Horace Sheffield, CEO of the Detroit Association of […]
Mint-Flavored E-Cigarettes Linked to Worse Lung Function
Use of electronic cigarettes with added menthol flavoring increased the number of inhaled particles and was associated with worse lung function in current or former combustion cigarette smokers, according to a study that used a specially designed robotic system that mimics the mechanics of breathing. Compared with e-cigarettes with liquids that were not flavored with […]
Opinion | How Far Should the Menthol Ban Go?
On April 28, the FDA announced regulations to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. The agency said the proposals “have the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from combusted tobacco product use, the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., by reducing […]
FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue
Tobacco control advocates argued that the FDA must act swiftly to ban all menthol products and address the “pernicious targeting” of Black smokers, during an online briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on Wednesday. “We look at menthol as a human rights and a social […]