Menthol Cigarettes and African Americans

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Menthol cigarettes have been heavily marketed to African Americans. And menthol cigarettes may be more addicted and more deadly than regular cigarettes.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122868470

"Nicotine is definitely addictive, but scientists have been debating for several decades the effect of menthol in hooking people on tobacco. Some researchers suspect that menthol allows smokers to take deeper drags or puffs on cigarettes, drawing in greater amounts of nicotine and its byproducts."

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