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4:36:15Now Playing(Apr. 29) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has moved to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes, citing their disproportionate effect on the health of African Americans.
The FDA announced today that it’s “working toward issuing proposed product standards within the next year to ban menthol” as a flavor in cigarettes. It also plans to ban all flavors, including menthol, in cigars. The FDA said it is “moving expeditiously” and that its next step will be to publish proposed rules in the Federal Register, allowing an opportunity for public comment.
“Banning menthol -- the last allowable flavor -- in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products,” Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in the statement. She said it would address health disparities in communities of color and in low-income populations.
The move comes after more than a decade of inaction. Congress first recommended in 2009 that the agency decide what to do about menthol flavoring in cigarettes, which gives them a minty taste and soothes the throat but can make smoking more addictive, anti-tobacco groups say.
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