Menthol numbs your throat and reduces your urge to cough. When added to tobacco, menthol makes it easier to smoke and harder to quit. Menthol also cools the tobacco smoke making it less irritating or harsh to young tobacco users. Teens who start smoking with menthol products are twice as likely to become daily lifetime smokers1.
Fact: Menthol makes nicotine more addictive and more deadly. When menthol is added to tobacco, you get more nicotine, you become more addicted, the tobacco companies make more money.
African American communities are subjected to more predatory menthol marketing than other communities.This marketing exploits important cultural traditions to target African American smokers.
This has resulted in significantly higher rates of menthol cigarette smoking among African American smokers than other racial or ethnic groups. Over 80% of African American smokers in Philadelphia smoke menthol cigarettes2.
It’s time to Break The Cycle of menthol tobacco use. We have the power, Philly!
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Menthol is a substance found in mint plants or created in a lab.
Menthol is a substance found in mint plants or created in a lab.
Menthol is a substance found in mint plants or created in a lab.
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Menthol added to cigarettes is known to relieve the urge to cough, numb the throat, and its cooling effect.
Menthol added to cigarettes is known to relieve the urge to cough, numb the throat, and its cooling effect.
Menthol added to cigarettes is known to relieve the urge to cough,
numb the throat, and its cooling effect.
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Menthol makes the smoke less irritating.
This allows smokers to take longer and deeper drags and get more nicotine.
Menthol makes the smoke less irritating.
This allows smokers to take longer and deeper drags and get more nicotine.
Menthol makes the smoke less irritating. This allows smokers to take
longer and deeper drags and get more nicotine.
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Menthol smokers are more likely to want to and try to quit,
but have a harder time quitting than non-menthol smokers.
Menthol smokers are more likely to want to and try to quit,
but have a harder time quitting than non-menthol smokers.
Menthol smokers are more likely to want to and try to quit,
but have a harder time quitting than non-menthol smokers.
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Youth who start smoking menthol are twice as likely to become daily lifetime smokers.
Youth who start smoking menthol are twice as likely to become daily lifetime smokers.
Youth who start smoking menthol are twice as likely to become daily lifetime smokers.
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Menthol marketing has exploited cultural traditions in African American communities including: Black History Month, Black Power Movement, and hip-hop culture.
Menthol marketing has exploited cultural traditions in African American communities including: Black History Month, Black Power Movement, and hip-hop culture.
Menthol marketing has exploited cultural traditions in African American communities including: Black History Month, Black Power Movement, and hip-hop culture.
