Cutting out menthol in cigarettes and cigars could have a significant effect on the number of smokers, the FDA said. By one estimate, it could even prevent 650,000 premature deaths over the next ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has taken a “momentous” step toward banning menthol in cigarettes and banning flavored cigars, sending final rules to the White House Office of Management ...

The tobacco industry has especially targeted Black and LGBTQ communities with predatory marketing of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. As of 2019, the FDA found, there were 18.5 million ...

Robin Koval, CEO of the anti-tobacco advocacy group Truth Initiative, said banning menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars is "one of the most powerful actions FDA can take when it comes to ...

The FDA proposal to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars will save thousands of lives each and every year in the future. Nicotine is an insecticide and is the addictive drug in ...

The U.S. government released its long-awaited plan Thursday to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. “The proposed rules would help ...

House Republicans are calling on President Biden to withdraw his administration’s proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, saying it would provide a “huge opportunity” to cartels.

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a proposed rule this week to ban menthol from cigarettes, as well as to ban flavored cigars. It’s a step that public health officials ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning menthol cigarettes, a significant step praised by leading health and civil rights groups that say the tobacco industry has a history ...