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The Biden administration said it is delaying regulations to ban menthol cigarettes in a stunning announcement Friday after the proposal garnered significant opposition.
The White House had been due to decide on the menthol cigarette rule in March.
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration's good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspections of dietary supplement facilities is back up to 500 per year, a return to pre-COVID levels, but those levels are still inadequate, says Dr. Cara Welch, FDA’s director of the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP).
The Biden administration said it is delaying regulations to ban menthol cigarettes in a stunning announcement Friday after the proposal garnered significant opposition.
The White House has faced considerable resistance from the cigarette companies that would lose billions of dollars if they could no longer sell menthol cigarettes.