especially young people and african-americans and now word the fort hood is food and drug administration menthol eye toward new regulations. panel meeting today and on the agenda finding out whether menthol which accounts for 1/3 of the u.s. cigarette market could have adverse effects on certain smokers or make it hard tore quit. congress gave the f.d.a. the power to regulate most forms last june including the new labeling and ban certain products. first aspirin, now a new study indicates small daily doses of dark chocolate may help lower your risk of heart attack or stroke. researchers in germany studied nearly 20,000 people over eight years and found those who eight about 6 grams or one small square of dark chocolate a day, as if you could do that. good grief: anyway they cut their risk by 39%. experts say it s due to chemicals in chocolate called flavonols which lower blood pressure. you can t overdo it. eating too much chocolate and