Todays decision to begin the lengthy process of removing menthol cigarettes and cigars from the marketplace is a critically important first step, Shannon Kozlovich, program manager with OUT Against Tobacco, said in a statement
On Monday, Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) disputed the claim of some opponents that banning flavored tobacco sales would create more confrontations between the police and Black and Latino residents
That history is why efforts to ban menthol cigarettes and cigars have always been entwined with race
INDUSTRY MONITORING LETTERS From cool to non-cool: Californias non-menthol cigarettes in 2025 More details Hide details 1 Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, United States 2 Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States 3 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, United States 4 Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, United States 5 School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States 6 Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States These authors had equal contribution to this work Submission date: 2025-12-03 Final revision date: 2026-01-23 Acceptance date: 2026-01-30 Publication date: 2026-05-27 Corresponding author Sven
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