Increase in mortality associated with menthol cigarette use
By Elana Gotkine, Medical Xpress February 25, 2025- Menthol cigarettes are associated with increased mortality risk, according to a study published online Feb. 13 in Tobacco Control. Priti Bandi, Ph.D., from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, and colleagues examined all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk according to baseline smoking status and menthol flavor status of the cigarette brand... View Article
Smokescreen: some vape firms pivot after FDA crackdown
By Emma Rumney, Reuters February 25, 2025- Some e-cigarette companies targeted by U.S. authorities have altered their business model or changed their corporate structure, including by transferring operations to offshore firms, according to a U.S. regulator and representatives of two companies. Such tactics have complicated U.S. efforts to stem the flow of vapes lacking authorisation into the... View Article
Trump administration withdraws proposed menthol ban
By Jen Christensen, CNN January 24, 2025- The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket. A menthol ban is something that the US Food and Drug Administration under the Biden administration had said was a “top priority.” It sent the final version of... View Article
Sale of menthols, flavored vape products would be banned in WA under proposed bill
By Helen Smith, K5 January 9, 2025- A bill filed for consideration by Washington lawmakers would ban the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products in the state – this includes flavored vape cartridges and menthol cigarettes. The legislation, HB 1203, was filed on Wednesday. It would also ban newer products that pair the act of... View Article
Supreme Court divided over FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes
By Devin Dwyer, ABC News December 2, 2024- The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether the Food and Drug Administration had unlawfully rejected millions of...
Biden administration still wants to ban menthol cigarettes, official says
By Alexander Tin, CBS News September 11, 2024- The Food and Drug Administration’s top tobacco official said Monday that the Biden administration is still pursuing...
Vapes: Supreme Court will decide if FDA unfairly blocked marketing of flavored e-cigarettes
By Maureen Grope, USA Today July 2, 2024- Jimmy The Juice Man Peachy Strawberry? Suicide Bunny Mother’s Milk and Cookies? Killer Kustard Blueberry? The Supreme...
How Black activists became defenders of Big Tobacco
By Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post June 21, 2024- In 2022, Earl Fowlkes, a Black gay activist, denounced tobacco companies for marketing e-cigarettes to his community as...
