Packs of menthol cigarettes are displayed for sale. The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to ban both menthol-flavored cigarettes and flavored cigars.The Biden Administration is holding up important action on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars that is long overdue. As Black leaders in the South Bay, we urge the White House to approve the Food and Drug Administration’s plan to prohibit menthol cigarettes nationwide or risk losing more Black lives.
Menthol’s minty flavor makes smoking more appealing — especially to new smokers — by masking tobacco’s harsh taste. Individuals who smoke menthol cigarettes show greater nicotine dependence and are less likely to successfully quit. Such efforts have yielded concrete results. Cigarette smoking rates are far lower in Santa Clara County than in other parts of the country. Nationwide, 11.5% of adults smoked cigarettes in 2021, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Santa Clara County, adult smoking rates have been cut in half, from nearly 9% between 2013 and 2017 to 4% between 2018 and 2022.
The federal government has regulatory options unavailable to local jurisdictions and states. The FDA can regulate product standards to reduce death and disease; this includes the authority to eliminate toxic and addictive ingredients or require transparency when used. Rhonda McClinton-Brown is a deputy director at the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department. Rev. Jethroe Moore II is president of the San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP.Ask Amy: Are my 3 college rules too harsh? My daughter says they are.
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