2006-11-29 08:17:04 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Menthol is a mint-flavored compound derived from peppermint oil. Non menthol cigarettes do not have this additive. It has been found that menthol cigarettes don't appear to be any more harmful than non-menthol cigarettes. However, there is some evidence that they may be harder to quit.
2006-11-29 08:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by greeneyez_95 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A cigarette is a tobacco product manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves, which are rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder. If menthol is added to the tobacco, then the result is a menthol cigarette. If menthol is NOT added to the tobacco, then the result is a (non-menthol) cigarette
Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. It is a waxy, crystalline substance, clear or white in color, which is solid at room temperature and melts slightly above. The main form of menthol occurring in nature is (-)-menthol, which is assigned the (1R,2S,5R) configuration. Menthol has local anesthetic and counterirritant qualities, and it is widely used to relieve minor throat irritation.
2006-11-29 16:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by eboue1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the arteries and to lung function, but smokers of menthols may be less likely to attempt or succeed at quitting,Cigarette smoking causes about 440,000 deaths in the United States each year.Menthol is a mint-flavored compound derived from peppermint oil that could potentially increase the harm caused by cigarettes through a variety of biological mechanisms.
2006-11-29 16:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You may find this hard to believe, but menthol cigarettes have menthol in them!
Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. It is a waxy, crystalline substance, clear or white in color, which is solid at room temperature and melts slightly above. The main form of menthol occurring in nature is (-)-menthol, which is assigned the (1R,2S,5R) configuration. Menthol has local anesthetic and counterirritant qualities, and it is widely used to relieve minor throat irritation.
2006-11-29 16:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by baltiboy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The menthol ones have menthol in them.
The non-menthol ones don't.
Some people think the menthol gives them a "fresher" tasting smoke.
2006-11-29 16:22:39 · answer #5 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The non menthol cigarettes do not contain menthol and the menthol cigarettes do, de da deee
2006-11-29 18:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by Maggie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not much, they'll both put you in an early grave, and stink up your clothes and everything around you.
2006-11-29 16:21:00 · answer #7 · answered by woodlands127 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemicals, a few more than in your ordinary fag!
2006-11-29 17:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by helen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One tastes like lung cancer and one tastes like mint flavored lung cancer.
2006-11-29 17:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋