The packaging on Kool brand's "non-menthol" cigarettes and its existing menthols are very similar. Anti-smoking activists argue this is a way to get around any ban on menthol cigarettes by appealing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man lighting a menthol cigarette. Elijah Kinlaw, 24, smokes after his shift at a local roofing company in Central Florida. He ...

President Joe Biden’s administration in December pressed the brakes on a plan to ban menthol cigarettes. They are popular with Black smokers but have been found by federal health officials to be ...

The alternatives have a similar taste, packaging and marketing. Anti-smoking activists say this is a way to get around state and federal bans. With a federal menthol ban looming, tobacco companies ...

CLERMONT, Fla. — It was just after sunset, and the evening traffic was buzzing on Highway 50 as 24-year-old Elijah Kinlaw popped into his local Walgreens in Clermont, Florida, to pick up some smokes.

A long-awaited federal ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars remains in limbo, after the White House delayed finalizing a proposed rule until at least this month. In states like California and ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. A long-awaited federal ban on menthol ...