President Donald Trump rescinded a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which was put forward by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. The Food and Drug Administration originally proposed the ...

In late January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdrew its proposed rules to prohibit menthol as a ...

a White House agency, showed the proposal has been "withdrawn." Menthol cigarettes, which make up a third of the industry's ...

In a large, nationwide study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS), researchers found mortality risks for smoking menthol cigarettes were higher than non-menthol cigarettes for death from any cause ...

"With menthol cigarettes more prevalent among Black and Hispanic Americans ... Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.

Menthols have been heavily marketed to Black people for decades and even today, the vast majority of Black smokers use menthols.

The move is a significant blow to public health groups who said banning menthol had the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives, particularly among Black smokers. “There is no ...

SUNDAY, Jan. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Menthol cigarettes are under fire in the United States for promoting smoking among Black Americans, with a number of cities and states banning the smokes.

Menthol-flavored cigarettes produce ... part of the impetus for the ad campaign, Tran said. Black people have higher smoking rates than white people, and about 85% of Black smokers use menthols ...

The White House ... A Surgeon General report said menthol products increase addiction and are "disproportionately used by Black people, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people, women and ...

A White House filing from Jan. 21 ... both bans said they would lead to an explosion of black-market trade in unregulated cigarettes. The menthol ban was viewed as particularly “retributive ...