White House opposes bill preventing FDA’s proposed menthol ban in the US

The US government is opposing a bill that would prevent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing a ban on menthol cigarettes it proposed last year.

The new proposed FDA standards on menthol in cigarettes, which provoked mixed reactions from industry insiders and the public when it was unveiled, would be made inapplicable by provisions contained in a House of Representatives law which the Biden administration said it would veto if Congress passed it.