WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that it’s moving forward with its effort to ban menthol cigarettes, as well as flavored cigars. In a press release, the FDA ...

In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, a man smokes a cigarette on Main Street in Westminster, Mass. Elise Amendola AP Federal health officials announced Thursday they are committing to advancing standards ...

The Food and Drug Administration sent its final proposal to the White House that would ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The debate over the ban has gone on for over 18 months, ...

Medical groups say the FDA's recent move to ban menthol in cigarettes and cigars is long overdue. It's been a decades-long battle that some say, finally, has a happy ending. As a kid, Nia Heard-Garris ...

Banning menthol cigarettes would benefit public health because mint flavoring has lured new smokers and makes quitting harder, a FDA panel report said Friday. But the group stopped short of calling ...

WASHINGTON (WPVI) -- The Food and Drug Administration plans to crack down on menthol cigarettes. Next week, the administration plans to propose a ban on the highly addictive product. According to the ...

In 2009, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the Food and Drug Administration to comprehensively regulate tobacco and nicotine products. Included in that legislation was the prohibition of ...