Title |
Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes
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Published in |
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, April 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2466-11-18 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Peter N Lee |
Abstract |
US mentholated cigarette sales have increased considerably over 50 years. Preference for mentholated cigarettes is markedly higher in Black people. While menthol itself is not genotoxic or carcinogenic, its acute respiratory effects might affect inhalation of cigarette smoke. This possibility seems consistent with the higher lung cancer risk in Black men, despite Black people smoking less and starting smoking later than White people. Despite experimental data suggesting similar carcinogenicity of mentholated and non-mentholated cigarettes, the lack of convincing evidence that mentholation increases puffing, inhalation or smoke uptake, and the similarity of lung cancer rates in Black and White females, a review of cigarette mentholation and lung cancer is timely given current regulatory interest in the topic. |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
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Other | 13 | 22% |
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Psychology | 4 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
Other | 7 | 12% |
Unknown | 17 | 28% |