Application, function, and effects of menthol in cigarettes: A survey of tobacco industry documents

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Ferris Wayne, Geoffrey ^a   Connolly, Gregory N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; MENTHOL; NICOTINE;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLD SENSATION; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; MARKETING; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOXICOKINETICS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; MENTHOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642346013     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622203310001649513     Document Type: Review

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