FDA poised to ban menthol cigarettes this week, experts predict

NBC News ^ | April 26, 2021 | Erika Edwards

[Dahoser]

The Food and Drug Administration appears likely to move to ban menthol in cigarettes this week — a step, experts say, that has been years in the making and that could have a significant positive impact on the health of Black Americans.

The FDA's decision would not ban menthol immediately, but rather kick off the rule-making process to do so, which could take years.

"The winds are definitely in our favor," said Delmonte Jefferson, executive director of the Center for Black Health & Equity, citing both the decades of data that show that the cooling flavor in cigarettes makes it easier to start smoking combined with the current cultural momentum toward improving the lives of Black Americans.
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Other vulnerable groups might also benefit. LGBTQ communities also have higher rates of menthol tobacco use, as do adolescents.

[FatherofFive]

And pot is legal...Yeah, that makes sense.

Doesn't have to make sense. Has to make someone feel good doing it.

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[Songcraft]

I used to like them too, and I also used to like the Luden's wild cherry cough drops, and those round Smith Brothers cherry cough drops too.   They just don't make them like they used to (plus I have to avoid the sugar now too).

[Waverunner]

You beat me to it.

[ryderann]

I think that is a little cotton ball pushed down in the cardboard tip to act as a filter.

[jonrick46]

People will be screaming “racist!”

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I miss it.

I believe you when you say that. I think if I had been a smoker I would probably have gone farther in life, because it would have had a beneficiary effect on my nerves, especially my sleep habits. I just couldn't get over the nastiness of it, or the fact that it gave me asthma.

[monkeyshine]

When I first saw the film that’s what I thought he said too. My friends had to correct me. It made sense to me at the time.

[wgmalabama]

And going through withdraws. Need to start a company selling a menthol spray for your cigarettes. I of course would classify it as a spice / food to accept EBT

[markman46]

My old man smoked the cherry blend in his pipe, a long time ago

[markman46]

Long time ago I bought a pack of Marlborough menthols,for my stepson he was in a juvi work camp and had not smokes any cigs in a few months, he took one look at the pack and said I don’t care and lit up

[CFW]

Then, the left will complain when their law is enforced by the business end of a gun!

[guido911]

Beat me to it.

[markman46]

I checked out this morons website, zero contact info.. things that make you go ummm

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

But poisoning us daily with high- fructose corn syrup, soy oil, and MSG is just dandy. The FDA became evil under GW Bush and has gone downhill ever since.

[Kickass Conservative]

Billy Dee Williams was unavailable for comment.

[napscoordinator]

Grape is more the pick from what I’ve seen.

[BipolarBob]

They better keep their grubby hands off that.

[CapnJack]

Man, I’m gonna go buy a bunch of Kool cartons and stash the away to make a Kool profit in a few months.

[caww]

Delmonte Jefferson, executive director of the Center for Black Health & Equity