The report also showed quitting smoking substantially reduced health risks from both cigarette types. The findings are published in the journal Tobacco Control. "Menthol in cigarettes is an ...

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of ...

Experiments were then undertaken to establish whether the effect of smoke was a uniform property of all cigarettes or whether differences existed among different types or brands of cigarette.

Menthol cigarettes are associated with increased ... than never smoking), while risks were substantially reduced for both types with quitting. Among individuals who formerly smoked, menthol ...