Prohibiting the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes and cigars is a potent tool to reduce youth smoking. Last year, roughly 10% of high schoolers and 5% of middle school-aged children — kids as ...

Banning menthol cigarettes would save up to 654,000 lives in the US within 40 years, including the lives of 255,000 members of the Black community, a 2022 study found.

Smoking is the No. 1 cause of preventable death in the US. Even if just a quarter of menthol smokers quit, it could improve the health of thousands of people. Although the number of people who ...

In October, the FDA sent final rules on banning menthol cigarettes to the White House for review. But things have stalled since it was submitted to the White House's Office of Management and Budget.

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 ...

TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine ...

The percentage of children smoking cigarettes reached its lowest level since the survey began. Just 1.4% of students said they smoke them, the online survey, of nearly 30,000 students between ...

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 ...

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 ...