This weekend, the Genesee Health System, along with other organizations, is hosting "No Menthol Sunday," a community event ...

Instead, it would prohibit the tobacco industry and retailers from making, distributing or selling menthol cigarettes. “The overpolicing argument is such an overreach as to almost be laughable ...

He says it's the tobacco industry's attempt to hang on to the existing menthol market in the face of bans, which makes up 40% of smokers. " The packaging is identical," Jackler says, as are the ...

The Biden administration is taking aim at the tobacco industry with a potential new rule that would ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week ...

He anticipates non-menthol tobacco products will become a much bigger factor, if the federal government bans menthol. "If the rule were to go into effect, that's going to become nationwide.

As a long-time menthol smoker and Black American, it’s personal. Black Americans have been at the mercy of Big Tobacco’s deliberate, racist and predatory marketing for far too long.

The final Comment Period Extended ended on Aug. 2 and the FDA’s Final Rule, the long-awaited menthol ban, was supposed to be promulgated on the date of “08/00/2023,” meaning sometime during ...

FDA regulators said Juul's studies show its e-cigarettes are less harmful for adult smokers, who can benefit from switching ...

He notes in the 1950s, only 5% of Black smokers used menthol tobacco, but that grew to over 80% today, in large part because of the racially targeted advertising.