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New World Cigars Many countries in the Caribbean and South American islands now produce cigars of equal quality to Cuba. The majority of seed they are grown from originates from Cuba. In 2020, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island enacted bans on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and California became the second state to prohibit the sale of both flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes. Two additional states—Maryland and Utah—restrict the sale of some flavored e-cigarettes. Can you still buy menthol cigarettes in Spain? In the UK products began to be released at an early stage. In late March 2020, JTI promoted new ‘dual’ cigarette products with new blends, filters and two sections of 10 cigarettes, to appeal to menthol smokers looking for new products. 58 59 However it was unclear what these new ‘blends’ entailed. Can be used with any tobacco but for best results we recommend a mild, chemical-free blend such as AK Gold, Pueblo or American Spirit. Remember many leading brands of RYO tobacco have hundreds of flavourings and chemicals added to them so to maximise the effect of these flavour cards go natural! Food and Drug Administration, FDA Commits to Evidence-Based Actions Aimed at Saving Lives and Preventing Future Generations of Smokers, press release, 29 April 2021, accessed September 2021

The UK was part of the EU until 31 January 2020. The 2016 TPD, which included the menthol and flavours ban, was transposed into UK law and remains in place in the UK. Any future amendments to UK legislation will be made by the UK government. a b Japan Tobacco International, Preparing for the menthol and capsule cigarette ban, Convenience Store, 14 May 2020, accessed May 2020 Rolling Papers If you prefer premium quality tobacco, you’ll need an equally excellent rolling paper to wrap around it so you get the maximum enjoyment from your smoke break. We’re proud to offer a vast selection of papers in a choice of size, weight and material from natural unbleached organic hemp to lightweight rice paper specially designed to suit the modern RYO smoker’s every need. a b K. Paul, Imperial rolls out adapted products to retain menthol shoppers, Asian Trader, 13 May 2020, accessed May 2020 a b E. Cronin, Imperial tobacco adds menthol accessories to portfolio, Talking Retail, 16 December 2020, accessed March 2020This pre/post-study evaluated the EU menthol cigarette ban on smoking cessation outcomes among adult smokers in the Netherlands. Overall, we found that usual menthol use significantly decreased from pre-ban to post-ban. We also found a higher proportion of post-ban quit attempts and quitting among pre-ban menthol smokers compared with non-menthol smokers. After controlling for other factors, as compared with non-menthol smokers, menthol smokers had greater odds of making a post-ban quit attempt overall and among several subgroups, although the odds of post-ban quitting were only significant among women and among those with moderate income. a b c Euromonitor International, Global market share for menthol and capsule cigarettes, 2014-2020, accessed September 2020 (paywall) The proposed standards would also ban characterising flavours in components or parts of cigarettes and cigars (filters, filter wrapper, paper, filter tips, drops, capsules, flavour cards) whether or not they were sold separately. 3 This was not the case with the EU ban, an omission which provided a loophole for the industry to exploit. FDA. Preliminary Scientific Evaluation of the Possible Public Health Effects of Menthol versus Nonmenthol Cigarettes 2013. EU legislation prohibits menthol as a characterising flavour but not as an ingredient in cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, papers or filters, and this ban does not extend to cigars, cigarillos or other accessories such as flavour infusion cards. What countries have banned menthol cigarettes?

The US continues to be an important market for tobacco companies’ menthol brands. In its 2018 Annual Report, BAT said that after it acquired US tobacco company RJ Reynolds in 2017: In 2020, JTI’s brands in France, 11 and Ireland 71 had high sales, suggesting this has been a successful strategy for the tobacco industry. New ‘cig-alike’ cigarillos S. Haw, D. Currie, D. Eadie et al The impact of the point-of-sale tobacco display ban on young people in Scotland: before-and-after study, Public Health Research 81 NIHR Journals Library, January 2020, accessed August 2021

A. Gray, A. Edgecliffe-Johnson, Big Tobacco prepares to fight proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, Financial Times, 17 November 2018, accessed March 2020 Taken altogether, these activities to minimise the impact of the characterising flavours ban to smokers prove once again that maintaining the status quo and protecting profits remain the key motives of the tobacco industry.