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From May 2020, manufacturers were required to disclose additives in tobacco products and additional information about the harmful and addictive effects of 15 priority additives including menthol. The EU Commission asked an independent group of experts, called WP9 and led by RIVM, to assess the research reports. 6 WP9 concluded that there was strong independent evidence that low amounts of menthol (which would be insufficient to make a characterising flavour) still facilitates smoke inhalation making smoking easier for novice (new) smokers. 6 WP9 noted that tobacco industry reports did not come to the same conclusion because they left out some independent studies. There were also limitations in the research methods and statistical analyses. 6 WP9 therefore concluded that the industry reports were unreliable and should not be used to guide EU member states’ policies. WP9 instead advises that menthol in cigarettes should be banned completely. 6 EU ban on flavoured heated tobacco products Imperial expands portfolio with new L&B filter, Convenience Store, 31 January 2019, accessed August 2021 A ban on characterising flavours in tobacco products (including menthol), as part of the European Union’s revised Tobacco Products Directive (or TPD2), was introduced in the UK in May 2020. Flavourings, particularly menthol, appeal to young people and are erroneously perceived as less harmful.

a b European Commission, Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 on the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products, 29 June 2023, available from health.ec.europa.eu Menthol and other flavour sprays, stones and drops have been developed for soaking filters or cards, and are on sale in the EU, 11 53 and the UK 54 55 Exploiting the term ‘characterising flavours’ This 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.Quintessential Quintessential is a Cornish family run business. They’ve been making the UK’s first and best loved smoking roach tips since the early 1990’s using various environmentally friendly papers including FSC, Recycled and 100% Pure Hemp, tree-free papers and vegetable based inks. Menthol cigarettes and tobacco products are yet to be banned US-wide. This is despite the Tobacco Control Act of 2009 making the issue of menthol in cigarettes an FDA priority, an FDA report detailing menthol’s harms in 2011, and efforts by health organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to push the FDA to ban menthol cigarettes. 6 Flavour and Menthol Bans in Place in the US To be efficient, bans on flavoured tobacco products should prohibit menthol and other ingredients with flavour properties, as ingredients. Consequently, authorities are not placed in a position to prove whether a flavour is characterising. Banning menthol as an ingredient will also end tobacco companies’ use of menthol for its pharmacological effects. Internal tobacco industry documents reveal that even subliminal levels of menthol may decrease the harshness of tobacco smoking by making the smoke more ‘smooth’ 22 and that these properties appeal to novice smokers. 23 Other ingredients that have the potential to mask the irritating effect of tobacco smoke, such as ingredients that produce a cooling effect, should also be banned. Moreover, legislation should encompass all tobacco products to avoid the substitution of one product with another. To be comprehensive, the legislation should also prohibit flavoured tobacco accessories and filter modifications which may enable tobacco companies to circumvent the flavour ban. These recommendations should be considered in the revision of the EU TPD. The revised TPD should at least make it clear that member states may go beyond the directive provisions to protect public health.

The ban on menthol-flavoured tobacco is the latest step in a Government tobacco control strategy designed to reduce youth uptake of smoking and to encourage and support quitting amongst smokers,[2] helping achieve the Government ambition to achieve a smokefree England by 2030.[3] Research on menthol, cited by the Government,[4] has demonstrated that: 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 2021The Irish Times reported that JTI were selling a “green” version of their Silk Cut cigarette brand. JTI argued that this product complied with the ban, even though the company admitted that it used menthol flavouring in its manufacture. 64 According to the newspaper, JTI stated that they: “conduct robust internal testing processes to determine that the use of flavourings in our products does not produce a clearly noticeable smell or taste other than one of tobacco.” 64 BAT accused JTI of using the same tactic in France, with new versions of its Camel and Winston brands, to which JTI issued a similar denial. 65 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.