are they going to quit making menthol cigarettes With a federal ban looming, tobacco companies push 'non-menthol' substitutes 5 important things to know

So there seems to be a nexus there, Levy said

there is no scientific reason to delay finalizing this rule. The FDA told CNN that it does not comment on pending litigation, but remains committed to issuing the tobacco product standards for menthol in cigarettes and characterizing flavors in cigars as expeditiously as possible

If they hit that earlier deadline, any furor over it would have faded by now, said Eric Lindblom, a senior scholar at the Georgetown University ONeill Institute and former head of the FDAs tobacco policy office from January 2011 to November 2016

Janet Woodcock said in a statement

Gottlieb positioned the delay as a way to give manufacturers time to get in step with the new laws while ensuring smokers had access to cigarette alternatives that could save their lives