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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration has ignited a heated debate with its latest review of menthol cigarettes, revealing concerning patterns that could lead to significant regulatory changes. The ...

The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket.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

The recent massive bust of illegal Newport cigarettes in Dorchester is “only the tip of the iceberg” for the illicit menthol market in the Bay State, according to a group that says menthol use has ...

When Massachusetts and California took steps to ban menthol cigarettes in 2020 and 2022, respectively, it took just days for new, nonmenthol cigarettes to appear in stores. The packaging for these ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, the first time the agency has opened the door for vaping companies to sell non-tobacco ...

The Food and Drug Administration allowed the first menthol-flavored vapes to enter the market on Friday, as the Biden administration’s years-long effort to ban menthol cigarettes faces delays and ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized marketing for four menthol-flavored e-cigarette products, marking the first time the federal agency has cleared any menthol-flavored vaping ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — "End the sale of flavored menthol." That was the message the No Menthol Buffalo Coalition was passing along Tuesday morning to kick off their campaign to get menthol off the shelves.

A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes in the U.S. "will take significantly more time," U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Friday, delaying a decision that had ...