FDA move’s to ban menthol in cigarettes & flavored cigars

It would take a long time, if ever, to come into effect…

The Food and Drug Administration promised Thursday to issue new rules within a year that would ban menthol in cigarettes and small cigars, a longtime goal of civil rights and anti-tobacco groups, which contend aggressive marketing of the products has disproportionately harmed Black communities.

The move also would ban flavorings in cigars and small cigars, which are popular with young people.

It could be years before any ban takes effect. But at a briefing Thursday, top FDA officials promised to begin by proposing regulations in the next 12 months. That would start a lengthy process of comment and response before the products could be banned.

There are “very important considerations, starting with legal considerations, about getting this right as we move forward in the rulemaking,” said Mitch Zeller, director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. “It’s really impossible to predict how long it would take to complete the rulemaking.”…

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FDA move’s to ban menthol in cigarettes & flavored cigars

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