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Decades of dallying led to current delay on menthol ban
The Biden administration’s delay in finalizing a ban on menthol cigarettes ... Black community was targeted.” ITG Brands, R.J. Reynolds and Altria, the makers of Salem and Kool, Newport and ...
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Public Health Groups Sue FDA Again Over Delayed Menthol Ban
Menthol is especially popular among Black smokers due to tobacco companies ... For Altria Group Inc., which sells Marlboro cigarettes in the US., a menthol ban would “present a major risk ...
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The complicated problem of banning menthol cigarettes
The years of marketing of menthol cigarettes like Newport, Kool and Salem to Black smokers infused the issue with significant racial implications. The proposed ban has divided leaders in the Black ...
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Why the FDA Wants to Ban Menthol Cigarettes
The FDA is advancing a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, which it says are harder to quit. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney explains why the Biden administration wants to stop them from being sold ...