Tobacco use is the No. 1 cause of death among Black Americans. Menthol cigarettes appear to be on the verge of being banned by the FDA, driven by mounting pressure from advocacy groups such as the ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized marketing for four menthol-flavored e-cigarette products, marking the first time the federal agency has cleared any menthol-flavored vaping ...

New research published in Health Economics indicates that a national prohibition of menthol cigarettes in the United States ...

"My dad exclusively smokes menthol cigarettes," he says. "Menthol was such a part of Black culture. And I knew that Black people smoked menthol and that was just a fact." The 29-year-old filmmaker ...

Regarding the Jan. 20 editorial, “Don’t let politics cloud a menthol cigarette ban”: Unlike the federal government, cities have addressed menthol flavoring in cigarettes, despite litigation ...

Nevertheless, cigarette butts are still considered hazardous solid waste, even if they are thrown away properly. In recent years, non-menthol cigarettes have become less prevalent, but menthol ...

Antismoking groups have been pressuring Joe Biden for years to ban menthol cigarettes. They made significant progress at one point: In April 2022, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule ...

The Trump administration's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally withdrew a proposed rule seeking to ban menthol cigarettes, after the Biden administration said it intended to make the ban ...

Menthol cigarettes have a minty flavor that soothes the throat and masks the harshness of smoking, making it easier for kids to start and harder for smokers to quit. In the 1950s, less than 10% of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The FDA proposed banning menthol cigarettes in 2022, amid pressure from groups ...

The debate over Gov. Kathy Hochul's state budget proposal to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes is heating up. As part of her proposed budget, Hochul suggested banning the sale of all flavored vaping ...

Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapies ...