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| Title |
Not so Cool? Menthol’s discovered actions on the nicotinic receptor and its implications for nicotine addiction
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Pharmacology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphar.2013.00095 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nadine Kabbani |
| Abstract |
Nicotine cigarette smoke is a large public health burden worldwide, contributing to various types of disease. Anti-tobacco media campaigns and control programs have significantly reduced smoking in the United States, yet trends for menthol cigarette smoking have not been as promising. Menthol cigarette smoking is particularly prevalent among young adults and African Americans, with implications for long-term impacts on health care. Continuing high rates of menthol cigarette addiction call into question the role of menthol in nicotine addiction. To date, a biological basis for the high rate of addiction and relapse among menthol cigarette smokers has not been defined. Studies have demonstrated a role for menthol in the metabolism of nicotine in the body. More recent findings now reveal an interaction between menthol and the nicotinic acetylcholine (nACh) receptor in cells. This receptor is central to the actions of nicotine in the brain, and plays an important role in nicotine addiction. The newly discovered effect of menthol on nACh receptors may begin to explain the unique addictive properties of menthol cigarettes. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 90 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 12 | 13% |
| United States | 5 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Turkey | 2 | 2% |
| Maldives | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 72% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 88 | 98% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
| Scientists | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 52 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 14% |
| Researcher | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 23% |
| Unknown | 11 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 7% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 23% |
| Unknown | 14 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 226. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 September 2023.
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