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The Biden administration never finalized a ban on menthol cigarettes, and the Trump administration withdrew the proposal. The ...

In his first moments after being sworn in as Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy sought to reverse Biden regulations ...

President Donald Trump rescinded a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which was put forward by his predecessor, former ...

The Biden administration's eleventh-hour proposal to lower nicotine concentrations in cigarettes has led some Floridians to fear a billion-dollar impact in sta ...

It looks like he’s got one last surprise up his sleeve. There’s a new report that says outgoing President Joe Biden is ...

Health experts are cheering a move by outgoing President Joe Biden. But, this is terrible news if you're a smoker living in ...

President Joe Biden is using the last days of his presidency to pursue some of the long-term goals of the administration, particularly when it comes to issues of drugs, whether legal or criminalized.

In the final days of President Joe Biden’s term, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a proposal that could make cigarettes less addictive and simpler to quit. The agency says it will ...

Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their ...