“It’s stupid. Now they’re trying to act like menthol cigarettes are the problem. These have been around for a long time,” said April Macklin of Sacramento, who smokes Benson & Hedges menthols. She ...

Until recently, an extra six-tenths of an inch was important mostly to carpenters, seamstresses and surgeons. Now, however, that fractional distance has become an $800 million-a-year consideration to ...

The federal government’s intention to ban menthol cigarettes—a $25 billion U.S. market—is probably best described as an endless marathon. The next leg of the legal endurance contest has a finish line ...