Smoking rates that are still high, combined with the common practice of littering butts that do not biodegrade, create conditions that perpetuate toxic cigarette litter
Des Cox, from The Royal College of Physicians, said: "There's been good research that demonstrates that young people are introduced to smoking often by menthol cigarettes as they find them more attractive, they find them less irritative, and they find them more palatable, so that's a way they get introduced to regular smoking." Other research indicates that menthol may boost nicotine levels in the blood which makes them more addictive and harder to quit than regular cigarettes
Kriek, E., Rojas, M., Alexandrov, K
The scenario seems inevitable: people in communities of color selling illicit menthol cigarettes
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