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 ...

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, ...

Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapies ...

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Big Tobacco is big business, and they make their living killing people. There’s a war being waged over menthol cigarettes, and Black people have a choice to make. It’s not always comfortable, and ...

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

Around eight in 10 African American smokers consume menthol cigarettes, compared with three in 10 white smokers - Copyright AFP/File MOHAMMED ABED Around eight in 10 ...

TACOMA, Wash. — National studies show a vast majority of Black smokers are menthol smokers. How exactly, the minty cigarettes became the choice of thousands of Black smokers nationwide has been an ...

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