NDLI: The lingering question of menthol in cigarettes

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Besaratinia, Ahmad Tommasi, Stella
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Tobacco use is the single most important preventable cause of cancer-related deaths in the USA and many parts of the world. There is growing evidence that menthol cigarettes are starter tobacco products for children, adolescents, and young adults. Accumulating research also suggests that smoking menthol cigarettes reinforces nicotine dependence, impedes cessation, and promotes relapse. However, menthol cigarettes are exempt from the US Food and Drug Administration ban on flavored cigarettes due, in part, to the lack of empirical evidence describing the health consequences of smoking menthol cigarettes relative to regular cigarettes. Determining the biological effects of menthol cigarette smoke relative to regular cigarette smoke can clarify the health risks associated with the use of respective products and assist regulatory agencies in making scientifically based decisions on the development and evaluation of regulations on tobacco products to protect public health and to reduce tobacco use by minors. We highlight the inherent shortcomings of the conventional epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory research on menthol cigarettes that have contributed to the ongoing debate on the public health impact of menthol in cigarettes. In addition, we provide perspectives on how future investigations exploiting state-of-the-art biomarkers of exposure and disease states can help answer the lingering question of menthol in cigarettes.
Starting Page	165
Ending Page	169
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09575243
Journal	Cancer Causes & Control
Volume Number	26
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15737225
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2014-11-22
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Cancer FDA Health risk Tobacco products Smoke Cancer Research Biomedicine general Oncology Public Health Epidemiology Hematology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cancer Research Oncology

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