The FDA on Thursday proposed a ban on making and selling menthol cigarettes in the United States, as well as most flavored cigars.
-attributable disease,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said in a news conference announcing the proposed rules.
“Like menthol cigarettes, we also know that there are racial and ethnic disparities in cigar product use,” Califf said.according to the CDC.
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