{"id":2019464,"date":"2023-09-01T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-misses-deadline-on-menthol-cigarette-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:55:57","slug":"fda-misses-deadline-on-menthol-cigarette-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-misses-deadline-on-menthol-cigarette-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA fails to meet deadline for menthol cigarette ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffda-misses-deadline-on-menthol-cigarette-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019464&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u200bFDA\u200d Delays Decision on \u2062Menthol\u2063 Cigarette \u200dBan<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2064Food and Drug \u200dAdministration (FDA)\u200b has\u2062 announced that it\u2062 will be postponing its decision on whether to issue a total ban on menthol cigarettes. This \u200ddecision, which was originally expected to be made \u2064by the \u200cend of\u200d August, will now be determined in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>An FDA spokesperson informed\u2064 CNN about the agency&#8217;s\u2063 plans, despite the fact\u2064 that their website still displays the self-imposed deadline \u200bas August\u2063 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Background on the \u2062Menthol Ban<\/h3>\n<p>In 2013, during the Obama administration,\u2064 the FDA initially considered a ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-mounting-crises-biden-admin-moves-to-ban-menthol-cigarettes\/\" title=\"Amid Mounting Crises, Biden Admin Moves to Ban Menthol Cigarettes\">menthol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-things-gun-owners-need-to-know-about-bidens-new-gun-control-czar\/\" title=\"5 Things Gun Owners Need To Know About Biden\u2019s New Gun Control Czar\">tobacco products<\/a><\/a>. This action was prompted \u2063by smoking opponents who had been advocating \u2063for it since 2009, when \u200dCongress exempted menthol from a ban\u200d on flavored cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>Menthol, found in cigarettes and other tobacco products, creates a cooling\u2063 sensation\u200c that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-garners-mother-warns-of-fda-proposed-menthol-ban-dont-make-it-a-racist-thing\/\" title=\"Eric Garner's mother cautions against turning the FDA's proposed menthol ban into a racial issue.\">makes inhalation easier<\/a>. It also affects \u2064the\u200c brain&#8217;s perception \u200bof taste and pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this makes it\u2062 significantly more challenging to quit smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates of the ban argue that \u2062marketing for menthol tobacco products has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-misses-deadline-on-menthol-cigarette-ban\/\" title=\"FDA fails to meet deadline for menthol cigarette ban.\">disproportionately \u2062targeted minority communities<\/a>. However, black social justice advocates \u2063have criticized the measure,\u2063 fearing that it would lead to increased \u2064police presence and hinder illicit market activity in the black community.<\/p>\n<p>Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, \u2063has been a prominent \u200cvoice in the black community opposing the \u200cmenthol ban. Garner\u2064 tragically lost his life at the age of 43\u200b when a New York City police officer choked him to death in an \u200battempt to\u200d prevent him from selling single cigarettes, known as\u200c &#8220;loosies,&#8221; \u2063on \u200dthe illicit market. \u200cThe enforcement of illicit cigarettes in New York\u2064 became a higher priority for the NYPD after\u200c then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg implemented\u2064 punitive taxes on cigarettes to discourage smoking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further\u200d delays\u200d [in a ban] will only cause more harm by allowing\u200d tobacco companies to \u2064continue\u2063 marketing menthol cigarettes to Black people and \u200dharming Black youth,&#8221; stated Jesse Ehrenfeld, President\u200c of the \u2063American Medical Association. Ehrenfeld, along\u200c with \u2062the \u200cAfrican American Tobacco Leadership Council, About Action on Smoking &#038; Health, and National Medical Association,\u2062 implored the \u200dFDA to swiftly remove these harmful products from the market and protect the nation&#8217;s \u2062youth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from\u2064 The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA has postponed its decision on a potential ban on menthol cigarettes, originally expected by August&#8217;s end. 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