Biden menthol cigarette ban slammed as ‘retributive’ by black officers and drug experts

President Joe Biden will soon roll out a national ban on menthol cigarettes and other flavored cigars, a move that is vehemently opposed by some black law enforcement officers and drug policy experts despite its billing as a public health initiative.
The ban, which has been in the works since the spring of 2021, was transmitted by the Food and Drug Administration to the White House Office of Management and Budget in October. The ban will be finalized over the next 30-90 days and could be published as early as Nov. 13.
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Healthcare advocates supporting Biden’s ban argue that menthol cigarettes disproportionately cause cancer-related deaths in the black community, with black people and Latinos consuming roughly 80% of all prod …