The FDA first began regulating e-cigarettes in August 2016 and it has authorized 27 e-cigarette products for sale in the U.S. to date, including Altria-owned NJOY’s menthol vape products.

Why Banning Menthol Cigarettes Could Do More Harm Than Good. BySteve Forbes, Forbes Staff. “With all thy getting, get understanding." Follow Author. Nov 17, 2023, 06:00am EST. Share. Save.

Menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed toward Black Americans, and the FDA noted that the move to ban them would save the lives of 92,000 to 238,000 African Americans.

As an example of the results, in a scenario with an illegal retail market for menthol cigarettes (with similar prices to current cigarette prices) and a legal market for menthol e-cigarettes, 33% ...

The Food and Drug Administration in June approved the first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes in the United States, less than two months after the Biden administration delayed a fiercely contested ...

There is a public health emergency that I see every day as an oncologist: People of color encounter proportionally greater and more persistent threats to their health and safety than their non ...

The US Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders for two menthol e-cigarette products marketed by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company. The agency said Tuesday that Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes in her executive budget that the tax on a pack of cigarettes rise by $1 from its current $4.35. She's also seeking a more cutting-edge change — a statewide ban on the ...

Menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed to African American people since at least the 1950s and make up one-third of the total US cigarette market share.

They then multiplied it by 11.9, the average daily number of cigarettes smoked among US adult menthol smokers, and by 365 to get the yearly reduction of cigarettes smoked—5.8 billion.

Menthol cigarettes will be banned from April 1. Here’s why – and what else is changing Published: March 31, 2025 2:55pm EDT. Becky Freeman, University of Sydney. Author.