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The White House has missed its deadline to publish a rule banning menthol cigarettes.
In an effort to force the administration to act, three anti-tobacco public health groups sued the Food and Drug Administration and its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services last week.
The groups filed the complaint in the Northern District of California saying, “Because of Defendants’ inaction, tobacco companies have continued to use menthol cigarettes to target youth, women, and the Black community, all to the detriment of public health.”
Health officials initially targeted last August to publish the rule to ban menthol but the Biden administration delayed the ban until March seemingly spooked that such a move could anger Black smokers and harm President Biden’s reelection chances
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