Correction to yesterday s Dispatch on teens mentholated cigarette smoking

ACSH would like to issue a correction to yesterday’s Dispatch item regarding the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) draft report, which noted the incidence of mentholated cigarette smoking among American teens. In our piece, we stated: “Over 80 percent of African American and more than half of Hispanic teenagers smoke menthol cigarettes, which the committee says is ‘very high.’”

We have since corrected the post on our website to say: “Over 80 percent of African American and more than half of Hispanic teenagers who smoke, smoke menthol cigarettes, which the committee says is ‘very high.’”