Finance Committee keeps menthol cigarettes, moves forward with flavored vape ban Yankee Institute Will FDA Extend Its Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Characterizing Flavors in Cigars to Flavored ENDS Products? Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) E CIG BAN: The flavor restrictions apply to e cigarettes that use pre filled nicotine cartridges mainly sold at gas stations and convenience stores. And within the ban, there are a lot of exemptions and Cleveland proposes ban on sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and vapes cleveland.com