NEW YORK -- A proposed Food and Drug Administration ban on menthol cigarettes is running months behind schedule.On Monday, a coalition of local politicians and health organizations demanded the Biden administration quickly finalize the rules.But, as CBS New York found out, not everyone is on board with a ban.
'It is insidious to think that everyone else is protected from the dangers of smoking except for Black and brown people,' Deputy Manhattan Borough President Keisha Sutton James said.But not everyone supports a ban. In 2014, Gwen Carr's son, Eric Garner, was killed on Staten Island by cops enforcing cigarette regulations. Earlier this year, she led a protest as New York debated a similar measure, concerned that police crackdowns could led to deadly encounters.