Any restrictions on menthol cigarettes would significantly impact the tobacco industry. Newport, the country’s leading menthol cigarette brand, represents a substantial portion of the market.

RAI Services Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, the creator of Newport menthol cigarettes, is the largest corporate donor to the Make America Great Again super PAC. The cigarette company ...

Kool and Newport and other menthol brands stayed on the shelves. Defeated, the health regulators at the Food and Drug Administration didn’t forget and when Obama’s veep, Joe Biden, took the ...

The company’s lawsuit is viewed by anti-smoking advocates as a tactic that could keep menthol cigarettes on the market longer. By Christina Jewett R.J. Reynolds, the maker of Newport menthol ...

Newport menthol cigarettes for sale at the Gulf gas station on North Broadway in Sleepy Hollow, Nov. 28, 2022. A proposed ban will stop the sale of menthol cigarettes in Westchester County.