Gwen Carr, whose son Eric Garner was selling loose cigarettes when police killed him, opposes menthol bans over concerns they'll harm Black communities, where people prefer menthols. She believes ...

This confluence soon led her to smoke about a pack of Newport menthol cigarettes daily. "It just became a full-blown addiction," said Glover, a math teacher in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Newport, the country’s leading menthol cigarette brand, represents a substantial portion of the market. Industry analysts suggest that restrictions could reshape the entire tobacco market landscape.

Attorney General Rob Bonta sent letters to R.J. Reynolds and ITG Brands LLC, dated April 25, warning that the packaging and promotional materials for nine reformulated versions of Camel, Newport, and ...

RAI Services Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, the creator of Newport menthol cigarettes, is the largest corporate donor to the Make America Great Again super PAC.

Newport menthol cigarettes for sale at the Gulf gas station on North Broadway in Sleepy Hollow, Nov. 28, 2022. A proposed ban will stop the sale of menthol cigarettes in Westchester County.

The recent massive bust of illegal Newport cigarettes in Dorchester is "only the tip of the iceberg" for the illicit menthol market in Massachusetts, according to a group that says menthol use has ...

A Maysville, Kentucky man carries a pack of Newport menthol cigarettes in his pocket while sitting on a bench in Washington Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

Such menthol brands as Kool, Newport and Salem make smoking feel less harsh than with regular cigarettes, encouraging more frequent use. Plus, menthol interacts with nicotine in the brain to ...

The attorney general is warning two tobacco companies, R.J. Reynolds and ITG Brands LLC, that their reformulated cigarettes appear to violate the state’s ban on flavored tobacco products, bas… ...

The attorney general is warning two tobacco companies, R.J. Reynolds and ITG Brands LLC, that their reformulated cigarettes appear to violate the state’s ban on flavored tobacco products, bas… ...

R.J. Renolds’s new, non-menthol Newport cigarettes are displayed for sale at a store in San Francisco’s Mission District on Jan. 7, 2023.