For an effective ban, menthol and all its analogues and derivatives should be completely prohibited in all tobacco-related products and accessories. Dr Ian Walker, Cancer Research UKs executive director of policy, said: Smoking is still the leading cause of cancer, causing around 150 cancer cases across the UK every single day, so the number of people continuing to smoke menthol-flavoured cigarettes is deeply concerning
According to the WHO, smoking habits should even become part of the list of vital signs, just as blood pressure or cardiac frequency, and they should be measured routinely, systematically, by health professionals
I felt how the nicotine shot through my veins after the long abstinence, how it crackled in my brain like a thousand tiny explosions
But this has had less to do with users switching away from cigarettes than from aggressive marketing, including on college campuses until the late 2000s, and a plethora of attractive new products and flavors
