The White House had been due to decide on the menthol cigarette rule in March.
The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the 'historic attention' and 'immense amount of feedback' on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration.
''It's clear that there are still more conversations to have, and that will take significantly more time,' Becerra said in his statement.The White House has so far fielded more than 100 meetings over the proposal with dozens of outside groups for and against the regulation, ranging from convenience store associations to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
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