The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will finalize new rules to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and other menthol tobacco products later this year, according to CNN. The agency announced that it would ban menthol — the only remaining legal tobacco flavor — in 2022, after more than a decade of consideration. Experts say that flavored cigarettes are even more addictive than unflavored varieties.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
