When former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris took the debate stage Tuesday, they briefly touched on reproductive rights, health insurance access and drug prices.
Left unmentioned, however, was another divisive, though less high-profile public health issue: The fate of menthol cigarettes.
The Biden administration’s Food and Drug Administration formally proposed a ban on such products in 2022 but ultimately held off on issuing a final rule, saying it needed more time to parse through the ramifications.
