Hoping to chip away at Biden’s Black vote, conservative group to test menthol cigarette message in South Carolina primary
1 year, 1 month ago

Hoping to chip away at Biden’s Black vote, conservative group to test menthol cigarette message in South Carolina primary

CNN  

CNN — In the lead-up to the South Carolina primary, a conservative group is eyeing the state as a valuable testing ground for messages opposing the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposed menthol cigarette ban, something they hope will chip away at President Joe Biden’s Black vote. Biden has yet to decide on whether to approve the FDA’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which health advocates say would save hundreds of thousands of Black lives, but which could also be unpopular with some Black voters. Menthol cigarettes are the preferred cigarette among many Black smokers after the tobacco industry heavily marketed menthols in the Black community for decades. Some civil rights leaders with ties to the tobacco industry have raised concerns with the White House that a ban would criminalize menthol cigarettes and lead to an increase in deadly police interactions.

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Biden delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes amid widespread opposition
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes amid widespread opposition

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Menthol Cigarettes “This decision prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives,” said Yolonda Richardson …

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying …

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden’s administration is …

Biden SCRAPS plan to ban menthol cigarettes after political pressure that it would turn off black voters ahead of the 2024 election
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden SCRAPS plan to ban menthol cigarettes after political pressure that it would turn off black voters ahead of the 2024 election

Daily Mail  

Experts previously told DailyMail.com that the ban would alienate black voters who have been drifting away from the president in polling After dragging the process out for months, the administration is expected to announce the reversal on Friday The White House is scrapping a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes to avoid angering black voters months before the 2024 election. Experts …

Biden admin postpones ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden admin postpones ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider feedback, including from …

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

LA Times  

President Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider feedback, including from civil rights groups. …

If Biden bans menthol cigarettes, it might be very good for Trump.
11 months, 1 week ago

If Biden bans menthol cigarettes, it might be very good for Trump.

Slate  

Antismoking groups have been pressuring Joe Biden for years to ban menthol cigarettes. But there are also concerns that the goals of the ban would be undermined by the FDA’s restrictions on safer alternatives like flavored e-cigarettes, which would incentivize illicit markets, make menthol smokers more likely to stick with conventional cigarettes, and potentially subject the ban to legal challenge. …

Chuck Schumer on Zyn: Actually, Majorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson are right.
1 year, 1 month ago

Chuck Schumer on Zyn: Actually, Majorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson are right.

Slate  

At a press conference last week, Sen. Chuck Schumer called on federal agencies to investigate and crack down on Zyn, an oral nicotine product that most Americans have never used and likely have never heard of. Fellow Georgia Rep. Mike Collins posted a meme riffing on the “come and take it” flag, a symbol of the Texas Revolution, replacing the …

Biden administration must decide soon on menthol cigarettes or risk proposed ban going up in smoke, advocates say
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden administration must decide soon on menthol cigarettes or risk proposed ban going up in smoke, advocates say

CNN  

CNN — Health advocates and activists plan to intensify their push for a ban on menthol cigarettes this week, ratcheting up pressure on the White House ahead of what they say is a critical deadline. Goodwin and health advocates pushing for the ban told CNN that if the White House does not at least make an internal decision this week …

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates
1 year, 3 months ago

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates

NPR  

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP 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 long-awaited rule. "Any delay in finalizing the FDA's menthol rule …

Dozens of health organizations pledge ‘full support’ for federal ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
1 year, 4 months ago

Dozens of health organizations pledge ‘full support’ for federal ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

CNN  

CNN — Eighty national public health groups, including the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Preventative Medicine, placed a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post in support of a federal ban on menthol in cigarettes and all flavored cigars. The FDA and White House have our …

US Wants to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Here's Why
2 years, 9 months ago

US Wants to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Here's Why

News 18  

The US Food and Drug Administration has recently proposed new rules to impose a ban on menthol and all flavoured cigarettes. As per the FDA, it was found that menthol cigarettes have a high usage rate among African Americans, especially youth and young adults. And, the combination of the smoothness, pleasing flavour, and enhanced addiction increases the likelihood that most …

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes
2 years, 10 months ago

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes

NPR  

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes Enlarge this image toggle caption Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising There's an ad for Newport cigarettes from 2011 that features a young Black couple, smiling and flirting over a plate of burger and fries. Sponsor Message "It's a long …

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars
2 years, 10 months ago

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. For now, FDA leaders said they will take comments for two months and then proceed “as expeditiously as possible.” Altria, which sells menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, said it disagreed with the ban. …

The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes
2 years, 10 months ago

The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes

NPR  

The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and all cigar flavorings, except for tobacco flavor, the agency said Thursday. "The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers …

How Big Tobacco used George Floyd and Eric Garner to stoke fear among Black smokers
2 years, 10 months ago

How Big Tobacco used George Floyd and Eric Garner to stoke fear among Black smokers

LA Times  

Demonstrators rally in downtown Los Angeles in August 2020 in opposition to California Senate Bill 793. It’s not driven by some kind of innate Black taste for menthol,” said Keith Wailoo, a history professor at Princeton University and author of “Pushing Cool,” a book about menthol cigarettes. “It is a byproduct of a complex and relentless story of how markets …

Plan to ban menthol cigarettes prompts late lobbying blitz
2 years, 10 months ago

Plan to ban menthol cigarettes prompts late lobbying blitz

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As federal officials finalize a long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes, dozens of interest groups have met with White House staffers to try to influence the process, which has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives while wiping out billions in tobacco sales. Al Sharpton warned officials that the FDA’s plan would “exacerbate existing, simmering issues …

Will a New Study on Menthol Cigarettes’ Harm to Black Americans Finally Push the FDA to Act?
55 years, 2 months ago

Will a New Study on Menthol Cigarettes’ Harm to Black Americans Finally Push the FDA to Act?

Slate  

Tobacco researchers have known for decades that mentholated cigarettes do outsized harm to Black Americans. According to the study, there were 157,000 smoking-related premature deaths among Black Americans, and 1.5 million years of life lost, due to menthol smoking between 1980 and 2018. The researchers believe this is the first scientific study to quantify the specific level of damage that …

US vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars
3 years, 10 months ago

US vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators pledged again Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among Black smokers. Company documents released via 1990s litigation also show companies viewed menthol cigarettes as good “starter” products because they were more palatable for teenagers. Companies shifted more promotions to retail …

FDA vows to push ban on menthol cigarettes, a move it says could save Black lives
3 years, 10 months ago

FDA vows to push ban on menthol cigarettes, a move it says could save Black lives

LA Times  

The FDA says it will move again to try to ban menthol tobacco cigarettes and flavored cigars, a step the agency said would significantly prevent death and disease, particularly among Black Americans. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it would move to ban menthol tobacco cigarettes and flavored cigars, a historic step the agency said would significantly prevent …

FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars
3 years, 10 months ago

FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars

NPR  

FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is moving to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, based on the evidence of the addictiveness and harm of the products. "Banning menthol — the last allowable flavor — in cigarettes and banning all …

Tobacco industry could ask California voters to overturn ban on flavored tobacco sales
4 years, 6 months ago

Tobacco industry could ask California voters to overturn ban on flavored tobacco sales

LA Times  

California voters could be asked to overturn a new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco after opponents notified the state Monday of plans to seek a referendum on the measure. The adults who are hooked on nicotine aren’t enough for Big Tobacco; it wants our kids too.” The new law bans the retail sale of flavored tobacco products including …

Proposed California ban on flavored tobacco sales sparks discussion of systemic racism
4 years, 6 months ago

Proposed California ban on flavored tobacco sales sparks discussion of systemic racism

LA Times  

Supporters of legislation to ban the sale of flavored tobacco in California are speaking out against a new advertising campaign from tobacco companies that claims the bill discriminates against Black and Latino smokers, saying that the ads disingenuously portray the industry as an ally of communities of color. The tobacco industry ad, which calls the bill “politics at its worst,” …

Banning flavored cigarettes significantly reduced youth smoking, study finds
4 years, 8 months ago

Banning flavored cigarettes significantly reduced youth smoking, study finds

Salon  

A new study reveals that a 2009 decision by the United States Food and Drug Administration to ban flavored cigarettes caused a significant reduction in smoking among younger people. "The flavor ban was associated with statistically significant immediate increases as well as reductions over time" in the use of cigarettes by young adults and youth, wrote researchers from George Mason …

FDA to crack down on menthol cigarettes, flavored vapes
6 years, 4 months ago

FDA to crack down on menthol cigarettes, flavored vapes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a major new effort to curb smoking, a top U.S. health official pledged Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and tighten rules governing the sale of most flavored versions of electronic cigarettes. He said menthol e-cigarettes may be an option for adults who turn to vaping products to quit regular cigarettes, and …

FDA bans menthol cigarettes amid major crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes
6 years, 4 months ago

FDA bans menthol cigarettes amid major crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an attempt to curb teenagers away from …

FDA Seeks Ban On Menthol Cigarettes To Fight Teen Smoking
6 years, 4 months ago

FDA Seeks Ban On Menthol Cigarettes To Fight Teen Smoking

NPR  

FDA Seeks Ban On Menthol Cigarettes To Fight Teen Smoking Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will seek a ban on the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes. "We continue to believe that a total ban on menthol cigarettes or flavored cigars would be an extreme measure not …

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