Upholding most of 2009's Family Prevention and Tobacco Act, The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruled that the labels must be colored and cover the top 50 percent of a cigarette package's front and back (as well as the top 20 percent of print ads)
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Through this rule, the FDA aims to reduce the appeal of cigarettes, particularly to youth and young adults, and thereby decrease the likelihood that nonusers who would otherwise experiment with menthol cigarettes would progress to regular smoking and improve the health and reduce the mortality risk of current menthol cigarette smokers by decreasing cigarette consumption and increasing the likelihood of cessation. Bonta claims menthol cigarette use is also disproportionately high among LGBTQ+ smokers, smokers with mental health problems, and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and that this flavoring remains a primary reason as to why young people initiate and become addicted to smoking. However, some experts say these concerns are unfounded given that studies focusing on menthol use rates in states and levels of youth smoking fail to draw a correlation between the two
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The study subjects may not recall or may hide their smoking status