President Joe Biden’s administration in December pressed the brakes on a plan to ban menthol cigarettes. They are popular with Black smokers but have been found by federal health officials to be ...

A ban on menthol cigarettes would likely lead to a meaningful reduction in smoking rates, a new review argues. Almost a quarter of menthol smokers quit smoking altogether after menthol cigarettes were ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For more than a decade the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has aggressively used a campaign to inspire smokers to quit. Researchers said it’s working. The “‘Tips from Former ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resumed a national campaign that uses the stories of former smokers to warn Americans about the many health dangers of tobacco. Known as the ...

NEW YORK – On his Brooklyn stoop, Marcel Bichotte could hold notes on his saxophone for what felt like hours. Bichotte was an accomplished musician with the big-band group Super Jazz des Jeunes, or ...

New research published in Health Economics indicates that a national prohibition of menthol cigarettes in the United States could increase the number of people who attempt to quit smoking but also ...

You wouldn’t think it would be easy to get nearly 4.5 million Americans—the equivalent of the entire state of Louisiana or Kentucky—to give up smoking. But it can be done in a single, straightforward ...

Big Tobacco is big business, and they make their living killing people. There’s a war being waged over menthol cigarettes, and Black people have a choice to make. It’s not always comfortable, and ...

Participants currently smoking menthol or non-menthol cigarette brands had similarly high mortality risks compared to never smoking (e.g., death from any cause was about 2 times higher), but quitting ...

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The recent massive bust of illegal Newport cigarettes in Dorchester is “only the tip of the iceberg” for the illicit menthol market in the Bay State, according to a group that says menthol use has ...