In New York, he started smoking menthol cigarettes. His daughter, New York Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, said he smoked a pack a day. The long notes ended after her father became ...

New research published in Health Economics indicates that a national prohibition of menthol cigarettes in the United States ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has taken a “momentous” step toward banning menthol in cigarettes and banning flavored cigars, sending final rules to the White House Office of Management ...

"My dad exclusively smokes menthol cigarettes," he says. "Menthol was such a part of Black culture. And I knew that Black people smoked menthol and that was just a fact." The 29-year-old filmmaker ...

The original ban on menthol cigarettes was proposed over two years ago, after extensive research on the effects of the minty flavoring. Many public health advocacy groups expressed dismay ...

The Trump administration's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally withdrew a proposed rule seeking to ban menthol cigarettes, after the Biden administration said it intended to make the ban ...

cities have addressed menthol flavoring in cigarettes, despite litigation threats or political pushback. In short, they have saved lives, particularly in communities of color. Led by urban health ...

Activists and health advocates are pressing the Biden administration to ban menthol cigarettes ahead of an FDA deadline. Black community leaders and public health advocates marched toward the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a few months, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to release final regulations to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Some lawmakers are taking up the ...

The debate over Gov. Kathy Hochul's state budget proposal to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes is heating up. As part of her proposed budget, Hochul suggested banning the sale of all flavored vaping ...