"Banning menthol cigarettes will most assuredly save lives, eliminate great suffering, and reduce health care costs." Valerie Yerger, a professor of health policy at the University of California at San Francisco and a founding member of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, also praised the FDA's action
The establishment of the PED requirement has been important for the creation of new recruitment, training, and mentoring initiatives at cancer institutes
A build-up of saliva, which contains tobacco juices, in the mouth is typically spit out to avoid nicotine poisoning
Nicotine can also cause permanent damage to youths' developing brains, making it harder to focus and increasing the risk of developing psychiatric disorders
New Zealand's laws were believed to have inspired the UK government in September to announce a similar smoking ban for young people