a White House agency, showed the proposal has been "withdrawn." Menthol cigarettes, which make up a third of the industry's total U.S. market share, have also faced scrutiny for their disproportionate ...

Menthol cigarettes represent nearly 40% of all cigarettes purchased and consumed by Americans. When menthol tobacco products were emerging in 1933, however, the brand Kool represented only 2% of the ...

“The Biden administration is proposing a federal ban on menthol cigarettes that could disproportionately impact Black and brown ... 2023 and March 2024, the White House put off issuing a final ...

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

"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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A menthol ban is something that the US ... Only about 30% of White smokers chose menthols. Black people die at significantly higher rates than White people of smoking-related illnesses including ...

The focused outreach has been highly effective, and menthol cigarettes have played a role in widened health disparities. A 2020 study showed that while 43% of all adult smokers smoked menthols, more ...