Menthol flavored cigarette smoking increases mortality risk vs. non-menthol cigarettes, study finds

Black participants currently smoking menthol brands had high increases for some heart diseases with an 88% elevated mortality risk compared to non-menthol cigarettes. The report also showed quitting ...
The Daily Gazette

Clearing the Air: The story of menthol in cigarettes

Menthol cigarettes represent nearly 40% of all cigarettes purchased and consumed by Americans. When menthol tobacco products were emerging in 1933, however, the brand Kool represented only 2% of the ...
JSTOR Daily

Harm Perceptions of Menthol and Nonmenthol Cigarettes Differ by Brand, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender in US Adult Smokers

Amy M. Cohn, Shyanika W. Rose, Vinu Ilakkuvan, Tiffany Gray, Laurel Curry, Andrea C. Villanti, Darren Mays, Eric Lindblom, Kenneth Tercyak, Charles Debnam, Ashley Mayo and Lexie Perreras Introduction: ...
NBC News

FDA clears first menthol e-cigarette for adults

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging that vaping flavors can reduce the harms of traditional tobacco ...