Menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed to African American people since at least the 1950s and make up one-third of the total US cigarette market share. Tobacco control groups in the US ...

Any restrictions on menthol cigarettes would significantly impact the tobacco industry. Newport, the country’s leading menthol cigarette brand, represents a substantial portion of the market.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s Newport brand is by far the top-selling menthol-flavored cigarette in the U.S., and the No. 2 cigarette overall.

Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. Top News . ... The smokers were asked to use an online account to buy tobacco and nicotine products, ...

“Menthol, then and even more now, accounted for somewhere in the neighborhood of 35% of total tobacco revenue,” says Phillip Gardiner, a public health researcher and founding member and ...

A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes in the U.S. "will take significantly more time," U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Friday, delaying a decision that ...

A ban on menthol cigarettes pits tobacco-control groups who want to reduce smoking deaths against civil rights groups concerned about overpolicing.

Members of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council staged a “menthol funeral” outside the White House in January to draw attention to the annual toll of smoking-related deaths.

Menthol cigarettes appear to be on the verge of being banned by the FDA, driven by mounting pressure from advocacy groups such as the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council.

Activists and health advocates are pressing the Biden administration to ban menthol cigarettes ahead of an FDA deadline. Black community leaders and public health advocates marched toward the ...

Menthol cigarettes and the tobacco industry are — quite literally — robbing our communities of life. The impact on Black health has been enormous. Today, 85% of Black smokers use menthol ...