Mentholated cigarettes and smoking cessation: findings from COMMIT
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Mentholated cigarettes and smoking cessation: findings from COMMIT. Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation.
OBJECTIVE To examine the association between the use of menthol cigarettes and smoking cessation, amount smoked, and time to first cigarette in the morning. BACKGROUND The majority of African American smokers smoke mentholated cigarettes. Some evidence suggests that African Americans may be more nicotine dependent than whites. One theory is that menthol in cigarettes is responsible for enhanc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tobacco Control
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0964-4563
DOI: 10.1136/tc.11.2.135