Menthol -rolled cigarettes and cigars with flavors were withdrawn by the Trump administration, and it was a blow to public health activists who have returned thousands of early death to the additives.
The decision to prohibit menthol was stated earlier this week that it was “withdrawn.” Following the news on Friday, the stock prices of cigarettes of cigarettes have risen, the Altria Group has risen by 1.9 % in the New York market, and British American tobacco has risen 0.4 % in London.
The proposal gained political weight during the 2024 election, as the Biden administration has delayed the issue of the final rules to add menthol to add menthol to the 2009 list that banned all other fragrances contained in cigarettes. Black Americans, the main voting blocks, have smoked more mentholbacco buckwheat than other races and ethnic groups, and many organizations have opposed the ban.
The Food and Pharmaceutical Bureau’s proposal is to improve American health, but may hinder personal purchase decisions. Critics assume that this measure is a retreat of the long -standing anti -cigarette movement, and mainly the continuation of looting policies that affect black smokers.
The co -chair of the African American tobacco Regulatory Leadership Council, Philip Gardiner, said that continuing such dangerous products on the market after the enforcement of the ban was nearby, “a big face on the face. He said that it was a slap. “This is what we have fought for 15 years,” he said. “To be clear, this is the continuation of racism.”
Anti -cigarette organizations have stated that the impact is not limited to some smokers, and pointed out that the Trump administration’s decision is contrary to the goal of the United States’ health improvement.
“The withdrawal of the FDA’s proposed menthol ban rules will have truly miserable consequences for Americans,” said Kelsey Romeo Stages, chief lawyer in smoking and health. “If the Trump administration wants to make the United States healthy again, we must allow FDA to prohibit menthol.”
Smoking is the main cause of preventive death in the United States. According to Romeo Steppy, if the United States banned menthols in cigarettes, 1.3 million Americans are likely to quit smoking.
“The policy of helping millions of Americans to quit smoking will be a monumental success,” she said.
