WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning menthol cigarettes, a landmark action applauded by leading health and civil rights groups that say the industry has a history of aggressively marketing to Black communities and causing severe harm, including higher rates of smoking-related illness and death
The recent e-cigarette issue in the US only pertains to some liquid type open-system e-cigarettes
The committee, however, denied two other claims, that switchers can reduce the risks of tobacco-related diseases (8 against, 1 abstention) and that switching presents less risk of harm than continued smoking (5-4 against)
It's why you need to dispose of used ZYN pouches and other nicotine products adequately
Lets consider what happens when you fully inhale a cigarette
Because proper disposal of components and hazardous waste is not easily accessible to the average consumer, this could potentially translate into 201 million pieces of plastic, aluminum, lithium ion, and packaging that ends up in landfill as a result
