Studies show menthol use has disproportionately affected Black smokers, who are more likely than white smokers to choose them. Black people are also more likely than white people to die from lung ...

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He also compared a possible menthol ban to the 1994 crime bill, sponsored by Biden when he was in the Senate. Some analysts have said the crime bill resulted in the mass incarceration of Black men ...

Delayed menthol cigarette ban spurs debate over impact on Black Americans : Shots - Health News Black smokers make up menthol tobacco's largest market, and have the highest rates of lung cancer.

The US Food and Drug Administration has taken a “momentous” step toward banning menthol in cigarettes and banning flavored cigars, sending final rules to the White House Office of Management ...

The US Food and Drug Administration says it still plans to finalize rules that would prohibit the sale of? menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars this year, but the agency is running behind schedule.

Find patient medical information for Benzocaine/Menthol topical on WebMD including its uses, side effects and safety, interactions, pictures, warnings, and user ratings ...

Menthol cigarettes were created by Lloyd "Spud" Hughes in the 1920s when he mixed menthol and cigarettes. For the first few decades of the product's existence, ...

Menthol cigarettes are a leading cause of death among Black Americans; 81 percent of Black smokers use menthols, compared to 34 percent of white smokers. And there's a reason for that, ...

Opposition from prominent Black and civil rights groups is threatening to permanently derail Biden administration efforts to ban menthol cigarettes. The ban has also pitted organizations that are ...

A ban on menthol cigarettes pits tobacco-control groups who want to reduce smoking deaths against civil rights groups concerned about overpolicing.

A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars was withdrawn by the Trump administration, a blow to public health advocates who attribute thousands of premature deaths to the additive.