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Menthol is not just a simple flavoring agent, especially when it comes to tobacco products. Its ability to 'mask' the negative effects of nicotine and its additional positive sensory effects makes it the most common additive in such products.
3 sie 2020 · Menthol is not just a simple flavoring agent, especially when it comes to tobacco products. Its ability to “mask” the negative effects of nicotine and its additional positive sensory effects...
Since May 2020, cigarettes and roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco with a characterising flavour of menthol have been banned in the European Union (EU) owing to the European Tobacco Products Directive (EU TPD). Other characterising flavours were banned in 2016.
3 cze 2024 · Regulating chemicals one-by-one has allowed the tobacco industry to skirt menthol bans by creating new additives with similar effects but unclear safety profiles
Menthol (5-methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-ol) is a popular flavouring agent used in E(N)NDS liquids and cigarette tobacco (DeVito and Krishnan-Sarin, 2018; Leigh et al., 2016).
17 lis 2010 · Menthol is not only used in cigarettes as a flavour additive; tobacco companies know that menthol also has sensory effects and interacts with nicotine to produce tobacco products that are easier to smoke, thereby making it easier to expose smokers, especially those who are new and uninitiated, to the addictive power of nicotine.
29 maj 2020 · The ban on menthol in cigarettes and all smoking tobacco products, such as cigarillos or hookah tobacco, which came into effect on 20 May 2020, represents one of the current successes of the scientific work of the BfR. Menthol activates certain receptors (TRPM8), subsequently triggering a cold sensation.
