https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/b-mch022321.php
News Release 25-Feb-2021
...And they were responsible for 378,000 premature deaths, calculate researchers
BMJ
Menthol cigarettes helped recruit an estimated extra 10 million US smokers between 1980 and 2018, reveals the first study of its kind, published online in the journal Tobacco Control.
And these products were responsible for 378,000 premature deaths and a cumulative total of 3 million years of life lost during this period, estimate the researchers.
Menthol cigarettes were first created in 1926 but only started to become widely used between 1957 and 1962.
Because menthol produces a cooling sensation in the throat and airways, so curbing the irritation and harshness of cigarette smoke, mentholated cigarettes are thought to encourage young people to start smoking as well as make it harder for smokers to quit.
The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gave the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to ban menthol in cigarettes, but this power hasn't yet been exercised.
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