A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes in the US “will take significantly more time,” US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Friday. A coalition of civil rights and medical organizations sued the US Food and Drug Administration this month for missing its own deadline to take action on the long-awaited rule. An administration official declined to specify further what the current timeline for a final decision might be, saying there was a need to speak with more... Read this story
