Letters to the Editor: Ban on menthol cigarettes is the right move San Francisco Chronicle readers FacebookTwitterEmail The Biden administration is promising to ban menthol cigarettes.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2017 Regarding “U.S. vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars” (Nation, April 29): The San Francisco Marin Medical Society applauds the Biden administration and Food and Drug Administration’s move to ban menthol cigarettes within the coming year. This pro-health/anti-tobacco policy has been a long time coming, as it’s obvious that such flavorings are a primary factor in Big Tobacco’s marketing to youth and specifically to Black Americans.