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Are Herbal Tobacco Cigarettes Banned in the U.S.?


There is nothing new about Asian Herbal Tobacco Cigarettes.  Initially produced in China by the 1970s, more herbal‐tobacco products have been produced by China in the late 1990s and Korea, Taiwan and Thailand since 2000.

The British Medical Journal reports that, As far as our coltsfoot-a medicinal herb-cigarettes are concerned, (a), they do not contain nicotine, the hazards of which are well documented; (b) they are not habit forming ... (c) they help those smokers to give up smoking if they so wish, by helping them to cope with the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

In 2009, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today a ban on cigarettes with flavors characterizing fruit, candy, or clove. The ban, authorized by the new Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, is part of a national effort by the FDA to reduce smoking in America.

A cigarette or any of its component parts (including the tobacco, filter, or paper) shall not contain, as a constituent (including a smoke constituent) or additive, an artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, or coffee, that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco smoke are standards of the U.S. FDA tobacco products.

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