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The Minty Taste Of Death: State And Local Options To Regulate Menthol In Tobacco Products, Michael Freiberg
The Minty Taste Of Death: State And Local Options To Regulate Menthol In Tobacco Products, Michael Freiberg
Catholic University Law Review
Explaining why the additive menthol in tobacco products creates major public health risks, this article advocates for restricting the addition of menthol in cigarettes as a way to reduce smoking-related disease and death. Author Michael Freiberg describes how the decision to regulate menthol in tobacco products, on a federal level, was historically delegated by Congress to the discretion of the U.S. FDA, outlines the U.S. FDA’s subsequent failure to regulate menthol, and surveys state and local government efforts to regulate menthol in response to the FDA’s inaction. The article proposes additional actions that these state and local governments could take …