TACOMA, Wash. — National studies show a vast majority of Black smokers are menthol smokers. How exactly, the minty cigarettes became the choice of thousands of Black smokers nationwide has been ...

Fretting political backlash from Black voters in November, President Joe Biden has indefinitely delayed the Food and Drug Administration’s recommended ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes.

One study found Black voters overwhelmingly supported the FDA’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. The Biden administration was expected to ban menthol cigarettes in March 2024 but has instead ...

In 2022, Earl Fowlkes, a Black gay activist, denounced tobacco companies for marketing e-cigarettes to his community as the latest way to hook people on nicotine.

A federal ban on menthol cigarettes would be one of the most effective ways to save lives, Black Americans, the Surgeon General said. But the Biden administration isn't likely to do anything about it.

According to Mr. Biden’s government, menthol cigarettes are smoked by 83% of Black smokers, while only 30% of White smokers choose menthols.

But about 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol products, which the FDA says masks the harshness of smoking, making it easier to start and harder to quit. Also, most teenagers who smoke cigarettes ...

Fretting political backlash from Black voters in November, President Joe Biden has indefinitely delayed the Food and Drug Administration’s recommended ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes.

A 2021 Detroit Free Press podcast episode dives into just how menthol became a Detroit favorite, touching on multiple topics from how cigarettes were advertised to Detroit's Black community in the ...

Menthol, the chemical in menthol cigarettes itself isn't addictive. But the strong mint flavor masks the harshness of tobacco, allowing the smoker to inhale the nicotine deeper. "Nicotine is one of ...

"No, he did not stop smoking." Nationwide, research shows that between 1980 and 2018, menthol cigarettes were responsible for 157,000 Black lives lost to premature death.