Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Joe Biden’s administration in December pressed the brakes on a plan to ban menthol cigarettes. They are popular with ...

The Biden administration is preparing to issue highly anticipated standards targeting menthol cigarettes despite heavy opposition from small business, civil rights, law enforcement and free market ...

WASHINGTON — White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that anti-tobacco groups fear could scuttle ...

The Biden administration is delaying a decision on whether to ban menthol flavored cigarettes amid intense lobbying from critics including the tobacco industry, industry-backed groups and some Black ...

Civil rights leaders and national Black organizations are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to end what they say is a delay in ruling to ban menthol cigarettes that pose a serious health ...

In 2019, there were more than 18.5 million menthol cigarette smokers ages 12 and older in the U.S., according to the FDA. Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The Center for Racial and Health Equity ...

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 and ...

The Food and Drug Administration sent its final proposal to the White House that would ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The debate over the ban has gone on for over 18 months, ...

The proposal has elicited mounting opposition from tobacco companies, Black activists worried about police enforcement and small businesses, as President Biden moves into an election year. By ...

President Joe Biden’s administration in December pressed the brakes on a plan to ban menthol cigarettes. They are popular with Black smokers but have been found by federal health officials to be ...