Table of Contents As Feds Push Menthol Cigarette Ban, States Weigh Broader Measures Los Angeles Community Health Councils' Jessica Melendez and a person in a bunny suit present a basket of candy-flavored tobacco to call for a ban on such products and menthol cigarettes. California’s flavored tobacco ban is on hold, but at least eight other states are considering barring the products. Ringo Chiu The Associated Press New York Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn inherited a love of music from her father, legendary Haitian big band jazz musician Marcel Bichotte. But she doesn’t want to end up dying at 73 from lung and throat cancer, as her dad did, likely because he chain-smoked menthol cigarettes.