Year: 2022

MENTHOLS MORE ADDICTIVE. "Menthol cigarettes are directly linked to elevated nicotine addiction. The minty flavour gives teenagers the perception they are less harmful . Menthol users three times more likely to continue smoking in the next year." https://lnkd.in/dGPRmSd View in LinkedIn

FDA ACTS THROUGH FSPTCA. "2009, the FDA announced that it would ban all flavorings in cigarettes (e.g. strawberry, cinnamon, chocolate, clove) ... The flavorings are widely viewed as being especially attractive to children and youth, and banning them is one way to help keep kids from taking up the habit. This ban went into effect in September 2009." https://lnkd.in/dpxpPD5 View in LinkedIn

METHOL IS REGULATED BY FDA in ointments and cough drops, but "regulation of cigarettes was removed from their purview in 2000 by the Supreme Court." https://lnkd.in/d-UPBFz View in LinkedIn

METHOL IS REGULATED BY FDA? "In October 2009, the United States Congress passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which gave the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products and ban flavor additives, although the act contained an exception for menthol." https://lnkd.in/d-UPBFz View in LinkedIn

FDA ON MENTHOL. "2011, the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (an advisory panel to the FDA) concluded that removing menthol cigarettes from the market would benefit public health in the United States, but stopped short of recommending that the (FDA) take any specific actions, like restricting or banning the additive." https://lnkd.in/d-UPBFz View in LinkedIn

EU MENTHOL CIGARETTE BAN. "On October 8, 2013 the European Parliament agreed by voting to ban menthol and other flavoured cigarettes as of 2022." https://lnkd.in/d-UPBFz View in LinkedIn

MENTHOL CIGARETTES FOR COLD RELIEF. "Often, trial of a menthol is occasioned by a cold. It is almost axiomatic among the smoking fraternity that the onset of a head cold is the signal to switch to a menthol, at least for temporary relief." http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_2/ii12.full View in LinkedIn

MOVE TOWARDS MEDICINAL PRODUCTS. "Menthol cigarettes to be banned by EU. Parliament also puts new limits on advertising for e-cigarettes but rejects proposal to class them as medicinal products ... The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said it intends to make e-cigarettes medicinal products." https://lnkd.in/d8nr7pU View in LinkedIn

ROCKS AND HARD PLACES. "Prohibition doesn't work and products that are banned will almost certainly be available on the unregulated black market. Law-abiding consumers will be at a serious disadvantage and it won't help children because criminal gangs don't care who they sell to." https://lnkd.in/d8nr7pU View in LinkedIn

CHILD PREDATORS. "The vast majority (88%) of adult smokers ... start to smoke before age 18 ... youth and young adulthood appear to be a critical age-span for initiation of cigarette smoking, and ... menthol cigarettes may have an impact on initiation rates that differ from nonmenthol cigarettes." A thorough literature review by the FDA. https://lnkd.in/d-WFYZ5 View in LinkedIn