A review and assessment of menthol employed as a cigarette flavoring ingredient

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Heck, J Daniel ^a  

^a LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Epidemiology; Menthol; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE; ACRYLONITRILE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMFEBUTAMONE; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CIGARETTE SMOKE CONDENSATE; COTININE; CYTOCHROME P450 2A6; ISOPRENE; MECAMYLAMINE; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; QUINOLINE; TAR; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ALLERGENICITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DETOXIFICATION; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PYROLYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOKE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TERATOGENICITY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MENTHOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 74749098117     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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