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Menthol flavoring makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit. Ensuring that more people smoke and fewer people quit means more money in Big Tobacco’s pockets.</p> <p class="larger-text">ACS CAN urges the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a comprehensive and swift prohibition on menthol in cigarettes and all flavors in cigars. Additionally, ACS CAN will continue to advocate for the prohibition of all flavors in all tobacco products at all levels of government until they are no longer available to addict new consumers. Any flavored product left on the market will allow Big Tobacco to continue to target youth, communities of color, the LGBTQ+ community and others with its deadly products.</p> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-1955-right panels-flexible-region-last col-sm-4"> <div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-taxonomy-term-field-callout-1" > <div class="field field-name-field-callout-1 field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><article id="node-197866" class="node node-callout clearfix callout-call-to-action"> <div class="call-to-action-container with-button"> <h4 class="subtitle"> <div class="field field-name-field-subtitle field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tell us how menthol impacts you, your family and your community.</div></div></div> </h4> <h3 class="title"> <a href="https://www.fightcancer.org/tell-us-how-menthol-cigarettes-have-impacted-you-your-family-or-your-community" > Do you have a personal story about how menthol cigarettes have impacted you or your loves ones? </a> </h3> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img alt="Male looking concerned" class="image-left" data-delta="1" data-fid="14801" data-media-element="1" src="https://www.fightcancer.org/sites/default/files/national_images/tobacco-cessation.jpg" style="height: 108px; width: 150px;" />Do you live in a neighborhood where menthol products are highly marketed? 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It’s past time to make it happen.</p></div><div 15px="" class="link-list" style="margin-left:"><p class="larger-text"><strong><a href="https://www.fightcancer.org/acs-cans-position-fdas-proposed-rules-eliminate-menthol-cigarettes-and-all-flavors-all-cigars">ACS CAN’s Position on FDA’s Proposed Rules to Eliminate Menthol in Cigarettes and All Flavors in All Cigars</a></strong></p><p>ACS CAN advocates for the prohibition of all flavors in all tobacco products at all levels of government until they are no longer available to addict new consumers.</p><p class="larger-text"><strong><a href="https://www.fightcancer.org/enforcement-prohibiting-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavors-cigars">Enforcement of Prohibiting Menthol in Cigarettes and Flavors in Cigars</a></strong></p><p>Disparities in the enforcement of tobacco control laws exist because of the tobacco industry’s targeting of specific communities. Learn how public health organizations, the FDA and ACS CAN are responding to this issue.</p><p class="larger-text"><strong><a href="https://www.fightcancer.org/leaders-and-partners-prohibiting-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars">Leaders and Partners in Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars</a></strong></p><p>Learn more about how the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, the Center for Black Health & Equity and the National LGBT Cancer Network have led the fight against the marketing and sale of tobacco products in their communities.</p></div></div><p></p><br> <style type="text/css">#menthol-links { width: 100%; display:table; background-color: #eeeff3; height: auto; padding: 12px; } #menthol-links .link-list { width: 49%; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; float: left; display: table-cell; } @media screen and (max-width: 768px) { #menthol-links .link-list { width: 100% !important; } } </style> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-updates-by-panes-panel-pane-update-by-priority latest-updates" data-stretch="/sites/all/themes/acscan/dist/images/latest-updates.jpg"> <div class="row"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="custom-div-wrapper-1 col-sm-8"> <h2 class="pane-title"> Latest Updates </h2> <div class="view view-updates-by-panes view-id-updates_by_panes view-display-id-panel_pane_update_by_priority view-dom-id-c743aebcfd64d231188f0c5dc312986b"> <div class="view-header "> <p><a href="/what-we-do/menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars/updates" class="btn">See More Updates<span class="icon fa fa-arrow-right" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></p> </div> <div class="view-content "> <div id="views-bootstrap-grid-1" class="views-bootstrap-grid-plugin-style"> <div class="row"> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6"> <div class="ds-1col node node-press-release view-mode-teaser_latest_updates clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/community-leaders-nyc-council-%E2%80%98enough-enough%E2%80%99-vote-end-sale-menthol-cigarettes">Community Leaders to NYC Council: ‘Enough is Enough,’ Vote to End Sale of Menthol Cigarettes</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">January 23, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-states field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">New York</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items" ><p >This morning, NYC Councilmember Rita Joseph hosted a press conference at City Hall in conjunction with the No More Menthols NYC coalition to promote the importance of her groundbreaking proposal to end the sale of menthol cigarettes. Councilmember Joseph stood alongside civil rights, religious and community leaders from the NAACP, Arc of Justice, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and more, to send a resounding message to the NYC Council: though Big Tobacco remains committed to addicting New Yorkers to menthol cigarettes, advocates will continue to fight to save lives and lungs from the harms of menthols. Enough is enough.</p></div></div></div> </div> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6"> <div class="ds-1col node node-press-release view-mode-teaser_latest_updates clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/cancer-advocates-urge-oregon-lawmakers-finish-job-flavored-tobacco-provide-access-biomarker">Cancer Advocates Urge Oregon Lawmakers to Finish the Job on Flavored Tobacco, Provide Access to Biomarker Testing in Line with Advances</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">January 21, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-states field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Oregon</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items" ><p >SALEM, Ore. –– On the first day of the 2025 Oregon Legislature, advocates of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network call on lawmakers to finish the job and end the sale of menthol cigarettes and all other flavored tobacco products. Big Tobacco continues to use flavors to target its</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6"> <div class="ds-1col node node-press-release view-mode-teaser_latest_updates clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/advocates-call-washington-lawmakers-prioritize-expanding-access-biomarker-testing">Advocates Call on Washington Lawmakers to Prioritize Expanding Access to Biomarker Testing</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">January 13, 2025</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-states field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Washington</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items" ><p >OLYMPIA, Wash. -- As Washington legislators convene today for a new session, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates will ask them to prioritize patients' ready access to needed and proven biomarker testing. Biomarker testing is about identifying the most effective treatment for patients with cancer and other serious illnesses.</p></div></div></div> </div> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6"> <div class="ds-1col node node-press-release view-mode-teaser_latest_updates clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/new-law-leaves-menthol-tobacco-products-market-more-must-be-done">New Law Leaves Menthol Tobacco Products on the Market: More Must Be Done</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">December 27, 2024</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-states field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Rhode Island</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items" ><p ><strong>PROVIDENCE – December 28, 2024 – </strong>Starting the first of the year, menthol flavored e-cigarette products will still be on store shelves across Rhode Island. The <a href="https://fightcancer.org/" target="_blank">American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) </a> and its team of advocates, including cancer survivors and patients, are disappointed with</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-resources-by-panes-panel-pane-events-by-priority" > <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <h2 class="pane-title"> Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars Resources </h2> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="view view-resources-by-panes view-id-resources_by_panes view-display-id-panel_pane_events_by_priority resources resources--priority view-dom-id-79b5385f9f37b409bfed042ca35d5b85"> <div class="view-content "> <div id="views-bootstrap-grid-2" class="views-bootstrap-grid-plugin-style"> <div class="row"> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="ds-1col node node-resource node-teaser view-mode-teaser clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/policy-resources/massachusetts-flavored-tobacco-law-effective">Massachusetts' Flavored Tobacco Law is Effective</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">March 3, 2023</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="ds-1col node node-resource node-teaser view-mode-teaser clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/policy-resources/big-tobacco-targets-black-community">Big Tobacco Targets the Black Community</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">December 15, 2022</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><p class="field-item even" ><p>While overall smoking rates have declined in recent years, smoking rates remain higher among specific subpopulations, including African Americans. 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