Huh. Did you know that clove and other flavored cigarettes will be banned after midnight? [View All]

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Menthols are still legal, but they're going to do a study to decide how to regulate them.

Starting Tuesday, cigarette manufacturers and retailers will be banned from making or selling candy-, spice- and fruit-flavored cigarettes owing to a provision in the new Tobacco Control Act.

Public-health advocates are optimistic that the new federal law could help reduce smoking rates nationwide, especially among youth.

But small-business owners — in particular, proprietors of cigarette shops — are frustrated about having to abide by another regulation.
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"It's generally acknowledged that these types of flavors may be more attractive to kids and sort of help get them over the hump of the harshness of smoking until the addiction kicks in," says Joshua Sharfstein, FDA principal deputy commissioner. "So by taking away some of these fruity flavors, it will make cigarettes less appealing to the young."

And there are more rules coming. The rest of the act's restrictions won't go into effect until at least next year.

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