ban flavored cigarettes What we can and cannot say about the immediate effect of SF's tobacco product – Stanton Glantz blog FDA to ban menthol cigarettes,

The 2023 WHO report on heated tobacco also warns that the available data indicates that most smokers become dual users and "do not substantially reduce their risk from tobacco products"

Under the Trump administration, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb tried to again restart the process but it was never greenlighted by the White House

While we cannot stop everyone from using tobacco, we can remove the very products like menthol, and flavored products that target society's vulnerable people like Black and brown individuals and our youth, and get them hooked for life, she said

So, a menthol ban is projected to have a heavier impact in the United States' Black community, Chaiton said

She smoked when she was younger, quit, and started again three years ago

Its important to note that the regulations would not penalize the use or possession of these products among consumers, only companies that make or sell non-compliant products, Columbias Giovenco said in his email