Editorial: The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes (via latimesopinion)
on this plan until July 5). Menthol has long been the most common and popular flavoring for tobacco products.Menthol has a minty taste that softens the harshness of cigarette smoke, making it easier to start — and, some studies indicate, harder to quit. It also is especially marketed to communities of color, so it should be no surprise that 48% of adult Latino smokers anduse menthol tobacco products, compared with 30% for white smokers, according to the CDC.
Of course, adults are entitled to make their own decisions — even very bad decisions — about whether to smoke. Banning menthol, considering its effect on the Black community, is a double-edged sword. Tobacco companies have targeted vulnerable populations with marketing, causing disproportionate harm. Black people smoke at somewhatthan white people.
But the debate ends with the irrefutable fact that menthol is a gateway to smoking and it worsens the rate of smoking overall. According to the anti-tobacco group Truth Initiative, the percentage of smokers who choosefrom 2008 to 2018. And young smokers — teens and young adults — are significantly more likely to choose menthol than regular cigarettes.
Our society does have the right and duty to take steps to protect kids and young adults from tremendous harm, as the federal government did in 2019
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