The menthol smoker: Tobacco industry research on consumer sensory perception of menthol cigarettes and its role in smoking behavior

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-715

  Kreslake, Jennifer M ^a   Wayne, Geoffrey Ferris ^a   Connolly, Gregory N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FLAVOR; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SENSATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; TASTE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MENTHOL; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449091544     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200801979134     Document Type: Article

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