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Medical groups, experts, say FDA s ban on menthol cigarettes is long overdue
and last updated 2021-05-07 08:21:57-04
Medical groups say the FDA s recent move to ban menthol in cigarettes and cigars is long overdue.
It s been a decades-long battle that some say, finally, has a happy ending.
As a kid, Nia Heard-Garris could name all of the cigarette brands.
âGrowing up in a Black community, I could name to you all of the menthol-based cigarettes on the market because there were so many billboards in my community, Heard-Garris said. There were so many advertisements for cigarettes everywhere, and I never smoked.â
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The Biden Administration will ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars with new regulations to be issued within the next year actions that Big Tobacco is expected to battle but which proponents say could have big health benefits for those who have been targeted to buy and use these products.
Smoking is a leading cause of death in this country, and especially among African Americans, with critics saying cigarette makers have exploited communities of color, the poor, and LGBTQ people with flavorings to popularize damaging goods. As the Washington Post reported of the announced plans of the federal Food and Drug Administration: