OpinionJune 3, 2024
How Tobacco Companies Use Chemistry to Get around Menthol Bans
Regulating chemicals one-by-one has allowed the tobacco industry to skirt menthol bans by creating new additives with similar effects but unclear safety profiles
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin is a professor of psychiatry and chair of the Human Investigations Committee at Yale University School of Medicine. She co-leads the Yale Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science.
How Tobacco Companies Use Chemistry to Get around Menthol Bans
Regulating chemicals one-by-one has allowed the tobacco industry to skirt menthol bans by creating new additives with similar effects but unclear safety profiles