Cigarette companies responded by developing menthol-flavored brands like Kool, which seemed to be more soothing to the throat, and advertised these as being more healthy
[14] In further support of these findings, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a prominent epidemiological survey that assesses national and state-level information on alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug use, as well as mental health, in the United States
"They still had pretty high levels of hand nicotine," said Mahabee-Gittens
He added: "The less effect that nicotine has on your body, the less appealing smoking a cigarette will be, making it easier for you to wean yourself off smoking all together
Commercial tobacco is grown, prepared, and sold in mass quantities and include thousands of extra chemicals and substances including menthol and ammonia that are not present in traditional tobacco used by people who are Native