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 ...

Menthol cigarette smokers who can't buy menthol products are more willing to turn to nicotine gum and other replacement therapies, improving health outcomes, according to new research. The study, ...

Becky Freeman is an expert advisor to the Cancer Council tobacco issues committee and a member of the Cancer Institute vaping communications advisory panel. She has received relevant competitive ...

In 2009, Congress authorized the FDA to regulate tobacco but excluded menthol as a compromise. Health organizations state menthol increases nicotine addiction and has been aggressively marketed to ...

The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket. A menthol ban is something that the US Food and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The FDA's proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars is being applauded by advocates and doctors, who believe the step could help continue a trend of decreased smoking ...

Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. In 2009, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration to ...

(Bloomberg) -- A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars was withdrawn by the Trump administration, a blow to ...

In 2009, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the Food and Drug Administration to comprehensively regulate tobacco and nicotine products. Included in that legislation was the prohibition of ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s move Thursday to ban menthol cigarettes should have been a moment of unfiltered elation for Mignonne Guy. Instead, she was fuming over the gaslighting that followed.

New laws come into effect in Australia today that change the look, ingredients, and packaging of tobacco products. The Australian government passed the package of tobacco laws in late 2023, which ...