While the final rule was sent to the White House in October 2023, in April 2024, the Biden Administration announced they were delaying implementation of the rules indefinitely, and the rule was withdrawn in January 2025 by the Trump Administration
How are menthol cigarettes different
Smoking is down, but almost 38 million American adults still smoke Cigarette smoking remains high among certain groups Press Release For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Contact: Media Relations (404) 639-3286 Cigarette smoking is down, but almost 38 million Americans still smoke
For Novotny and his colleagues "it seemed important to organise efforts to address this environmental blight while trying to reduce the health effects of smoking too"
[46] In June 2020, two US NGOs (African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and Action on Smoking and Health) filed a lawsuit against the FDA to try to force it to introduce a ban on menthol cigarettes in order to reduce health inequalities, noting that 85% of African American smokers smoke menthol cigarettes