Health advocates are urging the FDA to finalize a rule that would prohibit flavored cigars as a new report raises concerns about cigar use among children, especially Black youth.
The “Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids” partnered with Rutgers University in doing research that led to the new report, which says the marketing for flavored cigars is a threat to children because they’re packaged to look like candy and they’re cheap and easier to buy.
Black youth smoke more than any other group. The report says Black high school students smoke cigars at one and a half times the rate of white high schoolers. “Every day that passes, more kids are trying these products, getting addicted to these products, and the nicotine in these products is very harmful to the developing adolescent brain,” Henigan said. “What experience shows us is that it is simply not enough to have rules that say, ‘Oh, you can’t sell a tobacco product to anyone under a certain age.’ Those age restrictions are absolutely essential, but they are not enough.
“We very much hope that the agency moves with a sense of urgency about this,” Henigan said. “For way too long, the industry has been allowed to prey upon young people with these products, and particularly young people and communities of color. They cannot be allowed to continue.”It was first announced in April 2022, citing evidence that suggests cigar use poses serious health risks, including causing different cancers, heart disease and stroke.
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