Around eight in 10 African American smokers consume menthol cigarettes, compared with three in 10 white smokers - Copyright AFP/File MOHAMMED ABED Around eight in 10 ...

In 2009, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco and ...

Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapies ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The FDA's proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars is being applauded by advocates and doctors, who believe the step could help continue a trend of decreased smoking ...

Despite mounting evidence of its harmful effects, the FDA has backed away from a plan to ban menthol tobacco products.

TACOMA, Wash. — National studies show a vast majority of Black smokers are menthol smokers. How exactly, the minty cigarettes became the choice of thousands of Black smokers nationwide has been an ...

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CHICAGO, July 16 (Reuters) - Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to young smokers, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a ...

Participants currently smoking menthol or non-menthol cigarette brands had similarly high mortality risks compared to never smoking (e.g., death from any cause was about 2 times higher), but quitting ...

REUTERS - Kids who experiment with menthol cigarettes are more likely to become habitual smokers than their peers who start out with the regular variety, according to a U.S. study that looked at tens ...