In 2009, the federal government banned almost all flavoring for tobacco products. Now, health experts say it’s time for the government to finish what it started by banning menthol.
FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. The Supreme Court on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies sought the high court's intervention to keep the ban from taking effect by Dec. 21.
Cigarette makers first started adding menthol to their products decades ago to give the smokes a minty after-taste. Wagener and his colleagues studied the addictive potential of not just cigarettes and cigars, but all smoking products containing menthol. Last year, the FDA announced a proposal to ban menthol in cigars and cigarettes. Wagener said his research shows that proposal doesn’t go far enough.
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