Black Smokers Top of Mind as Push for FDA Menthol Ban Grows

Advocacy groups are boosting outreach on programs to help people quit smoking as they call for quicker FDA action to ban menthol cigarettes, a product that has disproportionately impacted the health of Black Americans.

In the next few months there will be efforts to do community outreach so those who are struggling with addiction know what services are available before such a ban takes hold, Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said.

His group and others want the Food and Drug Administration to streamline its plans to issue proposed product standards that would prohibit the sale ...