Why we should make menthol cigarettes history

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Healton, Cheryl G ^a   Bullock, Amber Thornton ^a   Robinson, William S ^b   Beck, Stacy E ^a   Cartwright, Julia ^a   Eubanks, Sharon Y ^c  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b National African American Tobacco Prevention Network   (United States)

^c LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTORY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NOSE CONGESTION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SORE THROAT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MENTHOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 78650626320     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq177     Document Type: Note

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