The tobacco industry has intentionally marketed to the following communities through neighborhood advertising, coupons, lower pricing, and financial donations to the organizations in which they belong: Black (85% of Black adults who smoke use menthols) Hispanic Female Youth (More than of all 12-20 year olds who use cigarettes start with menthol cigarettes and 90% of Black teenagers who smoke use them) LGBTQ Low-socioeconomic Status Menthol-flavored cigarettes have been removed from the market in the European Union, United Kingdom, and Canada
Neuroscientific studies point to complex actions of nicotine on human cognition, with cognitive-enhancing effects in attentional and memory processes (Valentine and Sofuoglu, 2018)
Carbon monoxide, another major component of cigarette smoke, compounds these problems by binding to hemoglobin more readily than oxygen, effectively reducing the oxygen-carrying capacity of your blood
We hope that readers can find inspiration in the research discussed here and advance tobacco harm reduction in ways that work for them and their country
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