Tobacco companies add menthol to cigarettes because it makes them taste less harsh and easier to inhale
Archived from the original on May 4, 2011
Only one of the pairwise comparisons within smoking status/intensity category reached statistical significance: the aRR for adults currently smoking 1019 cigarettes per day (medium intensity) was significantly higher for those who started smoking before the age of 15 as compared to 15+ years ( p =0.027)
However, smokeless tobacco products significantly increase the risk of oral, esophageal, and pancreatic cancers
In total, the research included 120 smokers aged at least 16 years, in Glasgow and Edinburgh, in 20 small groups based on age, gender, and social stratum, how they felt about seeing the warning on every cigarette