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Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered

  • Written by David Mendez, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan
imageMenthol cigarettes were responsible for an estimated 377,000 premature deaths in the U.S. during the past 40 years.BAKERLY/iStock via Getty Images

The FDA has opened the public comment period for the agency’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. Epidemiology and global health professor Rafael Meza studies data modeling in disease prevention...

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