The Biden Administration Must Soon Decide On Proposed Menthol Ban

The FDA is behind the proposed ban and said it needs a year for full implementation.

Saturday is a key date for the Biden administration to decide on plans to ban menthol.

The FDA is behind the proposed ban and said it needs a year for full implementation.

A decision this week would make a menthol ban effective by next inauguration day. However, advocates believe that if the White House does not get the ball rolling on this ban, and if the FDA does not get the full year it requested, the proposal will not become a reality.

The FDA said the flavor ban would reduce disease, death and addiction as well as increase the number of smokers who quit.

The rule would only be enforced against the manufacture or sale of menthol cigarettes.