Chicago, Illinois prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol, within 500 feet of any city high school
Privately, one lawyer for the company explained why in a letter later recovered in a court filing: "We have never raised any objection to the use of our labels feeling, for your more or less private information, that it is not too bad an advertisement." The FTC called the packaging mimicry "an indirect form of advertising aimed at children." As the Truth Initiative's Koval explained, the tobacco industry had more than a passing interest in getting kids interested in its products
Instead, it says, it will prompt criminal activity
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Following World Health Organization regulations, tobacco companies no longer publish detailed information on their packaging, a measure taken to prevent the misconception of healthier cigarette options
