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Relevant news and research: Menthol

Wright, E. E., Tewolde, E., El-Hellani, A. and Song, M. A. (2025). Tobacco use behaviors in response to menthol restriction: A scoping review. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40026696


Bandi, P., Newton, C., Xue, Z., Thomson, B., Asare, S., Patel, M., Islami, F., Nargis, N., Patel, A. V., Jemal, A., Westmaas, J. L. and Diver, W. R. (2025). Association of menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39947700


Kenkel, D., Mathios, A., Phillips, G., Suryanarayana, R., Wang, H. and Zeng, S. (2025). Understanding the Demand-Side of an Illegal Market: A Case Study of the Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes. Health Econ. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39967408


Neptune, E. and Brown, J. L. (2025). The Politicization of a Menthol Cigarette Ban in the United States: What the Medical and Public Health Workforce Can Do to Support Evidence-Based Policymaking. Chest, 2, 324-326. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39939057


Ozga, J. E., Bold, K. W., Giovenco, D. P., Villanti, A. C., Unger, J. B., Leventhal, A. and Stanton, C. (2025). Recommended self-report measures for use of menthol, mint and cooling-flavoured nicotine and tobacco products. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39947699


Wolkowicz, N. R., Parida, S., Gueorguieva, R. and Sofuoglu, M. (2025). Switching from menthol to non-menthol cigarettes does not impact acute responses to intravenous nicotine. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 173985. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40010441


Choi, K., Hamilton-Moseley, K. R., Phan, L., Azeem, A., Jewett, B., Zarei, K. and Hacker, K. (2025). Knowledge and Use of Menthol-Mimicking Cigarettes Among Adults in the US. JAMA Netw Open, 1, e2454608. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39808430


Christensen, J. (2025). Trump administration withdraws proposed menthol ban. CNN Health. Available from: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/24/health/trump-administration-withdraws-proposed-menthol-ban/index.html


Encinosa, W. and Valdez, R. B. (2025). Menthol Cigarettes and Maternal Health: 2004-2022. J Womens Health (Larchmt). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39786983


Stroud, L. R., Gautam, P., Jao, N. C. and Sharma, E. (2025). Menthol cigarette use in US pregnancies: Prevalence, racial/ethnic disparities, and associated characteristics from the 2010-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39869405


Zimmerman, J. B., Erythropel, H. C., Muellers, T. D., Petrovic, P. V., O'Malley, S. S., Krishnan-Sarin, S., Jabba, S. V., Jordt, S. E. and Anastas, P. T. (2025). Evading Menthol Bans through Chemistry: The tobacco industry illustrates why we need to overhaul the way we regulate chemicals. Sci Am, 1, 71. Available from: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-tobacco-companies-use-chemistry-to-get-around-menthol-bans/


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