| Menthol cigarette was just a concept till 1924 but as of | | | | line is still valid – cigarette smoking is injurious to |
| now it is quite a force to reckon with for cigarette | | | | health. |
| manufacturers, both cheap and regular alike. Take a | | | | Why Black Americans like menthol cigarettes more |
| few facts to chew on – menthol cigarettes are | | | | than anyone else? There are as many answers to this |
| most popular amongst African Americans (79%) | | | | as you would like to guess. The majority of Afro |
| across gender than Native Americans. However, | | | | Americans buy menthols from Newport, Marlboro, |
| interestingly enough, an average African American | | | | Camel, Winston Cigarettes, Virginia slims, and Salem |
| smokes about 8-10 cigarettes less than his or her | | | | from a tax free online tobacco store but one reason |
| white American compatriot. But when it comes to | | | | that can be attributed to this trend is target marketing |
| choice of alternate tastes, 56% of Afro Americans | | | | and advertisement. There is also this argument that |
| prefer to avoid a regular (non menthol) cigarette which | | | | many African Americans have higher presence of |
| is twice the figure for whites. | | | | glucose diegeneicocide in their bloods. This substance |
| Having said all these, let’s see what the differences | | | | causes them to be happy when it fills the smoke of |
| between classic and menthol cigarettes are. Menthol | | | | menthol cigarettes. In any case, menthol brands are |
| cigarettes were introduced as a part of marketing | | | | quickly addictive. |
| strategy to broaden product portfolio. Menthol is a | | | | If you look at it, there are more rumors around than |
| chemical compound, available both as natural extract | | | | truth. The fact that African Americans tend to smoke |
| and synthetic compound that has a characteristic that | | | | menthol more has no particular reason than personal |
| arouses cold sensitive nerves. Smokers of menthol | | | | preferences or a tad bit because of stereotyping of |
| cigarettes, discount price or else, feel a mellowed | | | | communities in general. Anyone buying cheap discount |
| down taste which is the opposite of burning taste from | | | | cigarettes from an online shop or sale is doing so just |
| classic cigarettes. | | | | because most from his or her community prefer a |
| The cool and mellowed down taste causes two things | | | | particular taste. |
| in succession. First off, smokers tend to drag shallow | | | | An interesting bit of information is menthols are |
| or fewer puffs as they feel colder with each drag. | | | | preferred because of their relative cheap prices, |
| Studies tell this feeling induces smokers to smoke | | | | cheaper than cheap Marlboro cigarettes. For example, |
| more to feed their satisfaction level. Next, as a result, | | | | if you buy Virginia Slims, a pretty popular menthol |
| expired carbon monoxide and other carcinogenic | | | | cigarettes brand, can last for double the time bought |
| substances appear to be more precipitant in menthol | | | | for the same amount of money as would Marlboro |
| smokers. The minified effect the menthol casts over | | | | regulars cost. Perhaps this is the reason why all top |
| throat and lungs from hot smokes and bitter nicotine | | | | selling brands including Marlboro, Camel, Winston, |
| coupled with anesthetic effect due to mint flavor adds | | | | Cheap Virginia Slims cigarettes, and Salem all of them |
| up in pushing for more cigarettes. | | | | have menthol versions of top selling brands. Marlboro |
| But regardless of any amount of studies, the bottom | | | | Mild and Marlboro Menthol are a couple of examples. |