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The Biden administration's FDA wants to ban making or selling them.

The Food and Drug Administration’s announcement of a ban on menthol cigarettes birthed one the strangest political alliances of recent memory. Civil rights and social justice groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union align with law enforcement organizations, libertarians and conservatives in criticizing the bid to enact one of the most significant prohibitions in decades. For now, litigation from pressure groups has put enough pressure on the FDA to advance a policy that was explicitly rejected by the Obama administration a little more than a decade ago. The rationale for prohibition rests on two assumptions. The first is that menthol cigarettes present a more significant threat to public health than their nonmenthol counterparts, particularly to Black Americans. The second is that banning menthol will not produce a sizeable illicit market and won’t result in more interactions between cops and minorities.

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Climate adaptation: The gaping hole in American environmental policy

Climate adaptation: The gaping hole in American environmental policy Chris Field and Alice C. Hill, opinion contributors © Getty Images Climate adaptation: The gaping hole in American environmental policy President Biden has started his administration with a sprint to address climate disruption. On his first day in office, he announced a slew of new measures aimed at reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to impacts like worsening droughts, more extreme rainfall and heat, and rising sea levels. Biden is hosting a Climate Summit on Earth Day, April 22, with 40 world leaders discussing, among other things, opportunities to strengthen capacity to protect lives and livelihoods from the impacts of climate change.

House Hearing: To Get COVID Vax Confidence, Be Both 'Fast and Fair'

email article Public health scientists and officials shared information about ways to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and reduce vaccine hesitancy, during a hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Friday. The key focus included strategies to eliminate hassles; leverage effective, targeted messaging; and engage trusted communicators. Committee chair Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) warned that vaccine hesitancy could delay the U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: We simply cannot and will not bring this virus to an end unless we vaccinate a high percentage of the American population and in fact, the globe, she stressed.