U.S. tobacco industry

A new report finds New York poised to lead the nation in policy efforts to prevent and reduce tobacco use.

At the end of April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors, other than tobacco, in cigars. Activist groups are cheering the move.

A federal appeals court is considering the constitutionality of requiring large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that smoking can harm or kill…