All Posts: menthol

• Menthol Cigarette Ban in the U.S. May Lower Number of Smokers

  WASHINGTON (July 8, 2020) — Extending the United States cigarette flavor ban to include menthol products could encourage existing smokers to quit and lower the rates of people starting to smoke, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. Under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the […]

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• ‘Not Just a Flavoring’: Menthol and Nicotine, Combined, Desensitize Airway Receptors

  Menthol acts in combination with nicotine to desensitize receptors in lungs’ airways that are responsible for nicotine’s irritation, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).

  Category: News Release Tags: menthol, pharmacology, smoking