The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket.

A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars was withdrawn by the Trump administration, a blow to public health advocates who attribute thousands of premature deaths to the additive.The draft ruling to ban menthol was listed as “withdrawn” in a regulatory docket earlier this week.

The Trump administrations removed FDA's plan to ban menthol cigarettes. The Biden administration did not finalize the rule amid opposition.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn a rule that would have banned menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, putting a formal end to a policy that had been indefinitely delayed under

A filing on the website for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs now shows the status of the plan to ban menthol cigarettes as “withdrawn,” noting a date of Jan. 21.

Is there any ban on menthol cigarettes in US? The Food and Drug Administration had in April 2022 proposed to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, but its implementation was delayed several times by the Biden administration, as per a report.

President Donald Trump rescinded a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which was put forward by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

On January 15, the Food and Drug Administration released a proposed rule that would significantly reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, including menthol cigarettes. The proposal aims to make cigarettes less addictive by capping nicotine content at 0.

The Trump administration has withdrawn a proposed rule from FDA that would have banned menthol cigarettes. The proposed rule, which had been in the works since mid-2022, was listed as "Withdrawn" as of January 21 on an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) webpage.