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FDA To Ban Menthol Cigarettes

The FDA is taking steps to ban menthol-flavored tobacco products in a move praised by public health and civil rights groups, citing evidence that the products are more addictive than unflavored tobacco and marketed aggressively toward Black consumers. What do you think?

Ada Quinlan • Rock Archivist

“It’s high ti

Ada Quinlan • Rock Archivist

Samuel Novitsky • Church Cashier

“Good. The flavoring in menthol cigarettes is so strong you can hardly taste the ammonia.”

Samuel Novitsky • Church Cashier

Carson Rabb • Pneumatic Tube Technician

“But menthols are the only ones I can get my kids to smoke!”

Carson Rabb • Pneumatic Tube Technician