US President Joe Biden wanted to ban cigarettes with menthol and other tastes to protect the black population and young people. This was reported to the Washington Post newspaper with reference to the sources in the presidential administration.
The publication notes that harm from cigarette with menthol is most susceptible to the black population – it is their prefers 85 percent of African-American smokers, which is three times more than among white smokers. Studies show that African Americans die from diseases caused by smoking, much more often than other population groups. Human rights defenders even believe that the tobacco companies for another decade ago began a campaign to add African Americans on cigarettes with menthol.
In addition, menthol contributes to the development of a detrimental addiction among young people, since taste additives mask the irritation of the throat with tobacco smoke. As expected, Biden will announce a ban on flavored cigarettes this week. Such a step will not require the approval of the Congress, but is expected to be challenged in court by representatives of the tobacco industry.
previously became known that the authorities of New Zealand want to introduce a complete ban on smoking for born after 2004. It is assumed that the Government will gradually increase the age with which the purchase of tobacco products is allowed, and the generation born after 2004 is allowed, and the cigarettes acquire. With the help of such a radical measure, the Government expects to achieve a complete abandonment of smoking in the country by 2025.