menthol cigarettes
Cool-flavored tobacco sticks
Menthol cigarettes are cigarettes flavored with menthol, a compound that produces a cooling sensation in the throat and airways.
The minty flavor masks tobacco's harshness, which critics argue makes them more appealing to new smokers.
Menthol cigarettes have been disproportionately marketed to Black Americans since the mid-20th century: He switched to menthols in college and never went back.
- packGroup or compress
- inhaleDraw air in
- filterPorous separation device
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- tobacco flavorTaste of cured leaves
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