Letters to the Editor: Ban on menthol cigarettes is the right move
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The Biden administration is promising to ban menthol cigarettes.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2017
Regarding “U.S. vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars” (Nation, April 29): The San Francisco Marin Medical Society applauds the Biden administration and Food and Drug Administration’s move to ban menthol cigarettes within the coming year.
This pro-health/anti-tobacco policy has been a long time coming, as it’s obvious that such flavorings are a primary factor in Big Tobacco’s marketing to youth and specifically to Black Americans.