Menthol Cigarettes

Menthol cartons are not priced differently from non-menthol at the same brand tier. What differs is everything around the purchase: […]

The menthol ban question has two answers depending on level: federally there is no ban, and at state level there […]

Menthol is roughly a third of the US cigarette market by volume, and it is dominated by one brand. But […]

Menthol is the only characterising flavour still permitted in cigarettes in the United States. That single regulatory fact explains why […]

Menthol regulation in the US is a patchwork, and the patchwork changes. As of late 2026, three jurisdictions have statewide […]

Yes. Newport is a menthol brand, and it has been since the modern product line took shape. Every Newport cigarette […]

Menthol does not carry a premium over non-menthol at the same brand tier. A menthol carton costs what the brand […]

This needs a careful answer, because the intuitive version — menthol is an added chemical, therefore worse — is not […]

The difference between a menthol and a regular cigarette is one additive and everything that follows from it. The tobacco […]

“Mild” is not a regulated term in most markets, and it was banned as a descriptor on US packaging in […]