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In June 2020, Massachusetts became the first state to implement a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored tobacco products
The challenge extends beyond municipal waste streams, festering in landfills where these components can cause long-term environmental damage
of tobacco products. Quoting another appeals courts ruling in 2013 upholding a ban on most flavored tobacco sales in New York City, the Ninth Circuit said Congress had decided to preserve for states a robust role in regulating, and even banning, sales of tobacco products. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The ruling upholding a federal judges decision in the countys favor was written by Judge Lawrence VanDyke and joined by Karen Schreier, a federal judge from South Dakota temporarily assigned to the appeals court