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Health Effects of Menthol and Other Flavored Tobacco Products (research links noted below) Menthol and other flavors make it easier to start smoking

Lindsey Freitas, advocacy director for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, said passing Proposition 31 is critical to stopping the sale of products she describes as the industrys way to hook a new generation. These youth are drawn in by the flavors but hooked by the nicotine, Freitas said

It allows users to enjoy nicotine in environments where smoking is prohibited, without the social stigma associated with traditional cigarette smoking
In Canada, selling and distributing cigarettes to minors is heavily regulated
If youre using matches, strike a match and allow a few seconds for the sulfur to burn off otherwise, the sulfur will ruin the flavor of the tobacco

The 0.5mg figure was cited in response by staff in 11 countries, only two of whom said it referred to the level of nicotine in the emissions rather than the stick
