ASAM Joins 100+ Organizations Urging Biden Administration to Finalize Rules to Eliminate Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

On March 21, 2024, ASAM joined more than 120 organizations in a statement urging the Biden Administration to finalize federal rules to eliminate menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The statement lauded the profound health impacts these rules would offer, including preventing youth and adolescent use of the products, advancing President Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative, promoting health equity, and avoiding preventable deaths. The statement was released in conjunction with a print advertisement in The Washington Post that called on the Administration to take swift action by finally banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

Read the letter here.