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Banning menthol is a step in the right direction, but it is time to go one step further and phase cigarettes out of the market to prevent millions of unnecessary deaths. My sense is that the pro-vaping crowd will be happy because the restrictions on [e-cigarettes] seem to be fairly light, and the restrictions on combustibles fairly severe but will take years, if ever, said Michael Eriksen, dean of the school of public health at Georgia State University and a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Office on Smoking and Health