Menthol cigarettes represent nearly 40% of all cigarettes purchased and consumed by Americans. When menthol tobacco products were emerging in 1933, however, the brand Kool represented only 2% of the ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health risk than regular cigarettes but does not make a recommendation on whether ...

Participants currently smoking menthol or non-menthol cigarette brands had similarly high mortality risks compared to never smoking (e.g., death from any cause was about 2 times higher), but quitting ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it will once again try to ban menthol cigarettes, as well as all flavored cigars — adding that it aims to introduce the ...

In a large, nationwide study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS), researchers found mortality risks for smoking menthol cigarettes were higher than non-menthol cigarettes for death from any cause ...

Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon who they were marketing them to - lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher ...

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Tobacco companies defended menthol cigarettes to a U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday as health advocates called for a government ban on the popular flavoring. About 19 ...

Tobacco and the ethics surrounding it is a touchy subject. However, menthol tobacco products are even more controversial. Lorillard stands to lose the most from any form of menthol regulation. Around ...

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is allowing vaping brand Juul to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, providing relief to a company that has struggled for years after being widely ...

Tobacco stands in dozens of U.S. cities last week sported cigarette brands that few U.S. smokers had ever seen. To the amazement of many a dealer, packages of the new brands were snapped up by intense ...

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. “The proposed rules would help prevent ...