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From The Atlantic: Menthol cigarette smokers can exhale in relief: their Kools won't be losing their cool anytime soon.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has declined to recommend a ban on menthol cigarettes, even though the study group conceded that a ban would improve public health. The decision follows a 2009 federal ban on candy flavorings in cigarettes because of their potential allure for young smokers.
Find out this vice's strange history at The Atlantic