Foundation Takes Bold Position Urging the FDA to Act Now As Other Flavored Tobacco Products Are Pulled From the Shelves
Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2009-09-24
Author: SOURCE American Legacy Foundation
Intro: Today the American Legacy Foundation(R) (Legacy) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit menthol in cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products as one of its first priorities related to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the Act).
Legacy highlighted menthol as a top priority, indicating that menthol products account for one-fifth of the U.S. cigarette market and highlighting that approximately 80 percent of African-American smokers smoke menthol cigarettes.
Legacy's comments submitted to the FDA today as part of the agency's request for public input related to the Act on the topic of menthol states: The success of menthol cigarettes is hardly an accident.
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