Month: September 2022

"MENTHOL is added to cigarettes in part because it is ... an attractive feature to inexperienced smokers who perceive menthol cigarettes as less harsh ... some youths smoke menthols because they perceive them to be less harmful than non-menthol cigarettes ... the companies carefully researched the menthol segment ... to recruit younger smokers." http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_2/ii12.full View in LinkedIn

MENTHOL TITRATION: "once a smoker adapts to smoking a menthol product, the desire for menthol increases over time. A brand ... will invariably increase its menthol level. Thus, once a brand becomes successful, its product will evolve in a manner that is not optimal for younger adult non-menthol smokers/switchers." http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_2/ii12.full View in LinkedIn

"CIGARILLOS: Big Tobacco's candy-coated chicanery. Sales of cigarillos in candy flavours ... are up 300% in Canada. Anti-smoking groups fear their popularity could fuel a kid-friendly smoking revival. Smoking's been on the decline among young people — down around 50% — for a decade. But cigarillos are bucking that trend." (2007). https://lnkd.in/ddvZztn View in LinkedIn

SIXTY VARIETIES OF FLAVORED CIGARETTES. "As an agent for Physicians for a Smoke‐Free Canada (PSC), I had been charged with the task of collecting samples of flavored tobacco product ... Due to a law passed two years ago restricting the sale of flavored tobacco ... In reality I found 19 different products in over 60 different flavors." https://lnkd.in/ddvZztn View in LinkedIn

LONG TERM MENTHOL USE. "Continual use of cold preparations including those containing menthol ... can mask the early warning symptoms of respiratory dysfunction ... usually carry a warning label on the packaging that indicates that they are not for continuous use and may mask the early warning symptoms of a more serious condition." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14507484 View in LinkedIn

MENTHOL CIGARETTES MASK SYMPTOMS. "The early warning symptoms caused by chronic irritation of the respiratory tract may be reduced in severity when the menthol found in a mentholated cigarette is continually delivered to the tract." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14507484 View in LinkedIn

MENTHOL IS A MILD ANESTHETIC, masking harsh smoke effects on the new smoker's normal choke response to inhaling smoke. The FDA picked up on this intention and has been looking hard at mentholated cigarettes. View in LinkedIn

2010 EU COMMISSION REPORT of cigarette addictiveness and role of additives. A detailed compendium of current knowledge. The modern cigarette is more addictive than ever. https://lnkd.in/dWN3G5Y View in LinkedIn

MOOD MODULATION by tobacco is not new, starting with nicotine itself, and in the last two decades, by "beneficial additives". Although apologists often say that the levels of additives are not enough to be pharmacological, this is unknown in the burned state, especially with potential synergism with other ingredients. View in LinkedIn

NICOTINE HITS THE PLEASURE CENTER OF THE BRAIN. "Stimulation of nicotinic cholinergic receptors releases a variety of neurotransmitters in the brain. One of them, dopamine, signals a pleasurable experience and is critical for the reinforcing effects ... of nicotine and other drugs of abuse, as well as for compelling drives such as eating." https://lnkd.in/dydNq5e View in LinkedIn