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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced plans to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars. The announcement is in response to a citizen petition and subsequent lawsuit filed by public health organizations calling on the FDA to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes.

Cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer and is linked to several other types of cancer, as well as other serious diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Prohibition of menthol cigarettes is supported by scientific evidence that has consistently proven menthol makes cigarettes more addictive and harder for smokers to quit. Studies show that menthol was responsible for 10.1 million extra smokers, 378,000 premature deaths, and 3 million life years lost in the U.S. between 1980 to 2018.

Black Americans have long been targeted by the tobacco industry with predatory marketing for menthol cigarettes and have paid an enormous price in health and lives. Today, 85% of Black smokers smoke menthols, compared to less than 10% in the 1950s. Largely because of menthol cigarettes, Black smokers have a harder time quitting smoking and die at higher rates from tobacco-related diseases like cancer, heart disease and stroke.

As an organization committed to stopping cancer before it starts and reducing health disparities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation offers our full support of the FDA’s commitment to eliminating menthol cigarettes to reduce the cancer burden and save lives.

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የካንሰር መከላከያ ፋውንዴሽን^® የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ብቸኛው ለትርፍ ያልተቋቋመ ድርጅት ካንሰርን በመከላከል እና አስቀድሞ በመለየት ህይወቶችን በማዳን ላይ ብቻ ያተኮረ 35 ዓመታትን እያከበረ ነው። በምርምር፣ ትምህርት፣ ተደራሽነት እና ድጋፍ፣ ስፍር ቁጥር የሌላቸው ሰዎች የካንሰር ምርመራ እንዳይደረግባቸው ወይም ካንሰርን በተሳካ ሁኔታ እንዲታከሙ ቀድመን እንዲያውቁ ረድተናል።

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