The FDA is advancing a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, which it says are harder to quit. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney explains why ...

Gwen Carr, whose son Eric Garner was selling loose cigarettes when police killed him, opposes menthol bans over concerns they'll harm Black communities, where people prefer menthols. She believes ...

Richardson cited the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, which found that nearly 1 in 4 high school e-cigarette users used menthol-flavored e-cigarettes.The FDA has found, in its denials of ...

The Food and Drug Administration is allowing vaping brand Juul to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, providing relief to a ...

Biden Might Ban Menthol Cigarettes—and It’s Possible It Could Affect the Election Advocates of the ban say that it’s a clear win for public health. That’s not the case.

Trump's FDA moved to squash a proposed rule to ban menthol cigarettes just one day after the president was sworn in, angering anti-smoking advocates.

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 ...

The Trump administration has snuffed out a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, handing a victory to the tobacco industry after it waged a massive and at times deceptive lobbying campaign.. The FDA ...

An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives." Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

About 85% of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes, compared with about 1 in 3 white smokers. A protest marks the five-year anniversary of the death of Eric Garner on July 17, ...

The FDA first began regulating e-cigarettes in August 2016 and it has authorized 27 e-cigarette products for sale in the U.S. to date, including Altria-owned NJOY’s menthol vape products.

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.