The Biden administration never finalized a ban on menthol cigarettes, and the Trump administration withdrew the proposal. The American Lung Association is criticizing Biden's inaction.

Trump's FDA moved to squash a proposed rule to ban menthol cigarettes just one day after the president was sworn in, angering anti-smoking advocates.

The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket.

The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S., in a setback to health regulators and activists.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn a rule that would have banned menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, putting a formal end to a policy that had been indefinitely delayed under

A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars was withdrawn by the Trump administration, a blow to public health advocates who attribute thousands of premature deaths to the additive.

A filing on the website for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs now shows the status of the plan to ban menthol cigarettes as “withdrawn,” noting a date of Jan. 21.

On January 15, the Food and Drug Administration released a proposed rule that would significantly reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, including menthol cigarettes. The proposal aims to make cigarettes less addictive by capping nicotine content at 0.

President Donald Trump rescinded a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which was put forward by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

The Trump administration has withdrawn a proposed rule from FDA that would have banned menthol cigarettes. The proposed rule, which had been in the works since mid-2022, was listed as "Withdrawn" as of January 21 on an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) webpage.

The prohibition of liquor a century ago was a disaster. Yet the FDA is setting up a repeat with its proposed ban of cigarettes.