Health advocates are calling for the Biden administration to finalize the rule to ban menthol cigarettes. According to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, the Food and Drug Administration proposed regulations to prohibit menthol cigarettes in 2022. After more than a decade of study. Advocates say menthol can be particularly harmful.
Yolanda Richardson is president and CEO of the organization. She says menthol cigarettes disproportionately affect Black Americans.
85 percent of Black Americans who smoke, use menthol cigarettes. For more information, visit tobaccofreekids.org.
