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FDA Will Still Allow Sales of Flavored E-Cigarettes, but Will Seek a Menthol Cigarette Ban

Menthol-flavored Juul e-cigarettes on display for sale at a store in New York, Nov. 14, 2018. Stopping short of its threatened ban on flavored e-cigarettes, the Food and Drug Administration said on Nov. 15 that it would allow stores to continue selling the products, but only from closed-off areas that are inaccessible to minors. At the same time, the agency moved to outlaw two traditional tobacco products that disproportionately harm African Americans: menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. (Joshua Bright/The New York Times)