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Lung Cancer Mortality Risk for U.S. Menthol Cigarette Smokers

Author(s) -

Brian L. Rostron

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

nicotine and tobacco research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338

H-Index - 113

eISSN - 1469-994X

pISSN - 1462-2203

DOI - 10.1093/ntr/nts014

Subject(s) - menthol , medicine , lung cancer , cohort , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , food and drug administration , cigarette smoking , cohort study , public health , cancer , drug , cancer incidence , demography , oncology , pharmacology , pathology , population , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , sociology , optics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently assessing the public health impact of menthol cigarettes. Results from a recent U.S. cohort study, composed largely of Blacks and limited to 12 Southern states, found that menthol cigarette smokers had lower risks of lung cancer incidence and mortality than nonmenthol smokers.

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