Mint smokers are harder to quit

Tobacco containing peppermint essential oil makes it harder to quit smoking than regular cigarettes.

The conclusion was made by scientists from Penn State, Miami, California and Minnesota universities.

Peppermint cigarettes make it harder for smokers to quit smoking (Photo: Direct News)

The researchers collected data demonstrating comparisons of smoking rates between smokers and regular cigarettes. Peppermint essential oil makes people breathe more CO2, nicotine than regular cigarettes, while peppermint oil gives smokers a cool sensation.

This effect can cause smokers to inhale more nicotine and then become seriously addicted to it all the time. As a result, toxins are easier to get into the body. Many people who have reduced the number of cigarettes smoked every day make up for themselves by inhaling more smoke from each cigarette. The menthol in the medicine makes it less acrid, less spicy and so the smokers inhale more nicotine.

According to existing statistics, tobacco contains peppermint essential oil with 25% market share, but only a few small groups prefer this category, of which 50% are adolescent smokers and 80% African-American smokers. .