BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES PROPOSED BY US FDA

Highlights

• The FDA said it is working toward issuing proposed product standards within the next year to ban menthol as a flavor in cigarettes and ban all flavors in cigars

• As per the experts, this ban is likely to take years to implement amid possible legal challenges from the tobacco industry

Though the road is not smooth ahead, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday came up with a propos....