Within regular cigarettes, legal brands still had higher nicotine, glycerol, and NAT than illegal brands (Additional file 4)
The reasons for this are unclear but involve: Vascoconstriction and lack of oxygen reaching skin cells Delayed migration of keratinocytes Decreased collagen synthesis Delayed growth of new blood vessels within the wound
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According to the American Lung Association: "Black men and women are more likely to develop and die from lung cancer than persons of any other racial or ethnic group." In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee published a report stating menthols may be more addictive than regular cigarettes, particularly amongst young people, and therefore harder to give up
1 2 Reuters, US C$27 billion suit vs Big Tobacco starts in Montreal Archived 18 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Class Action Litigation Tobacco-related Litigation in Canada, p.14 (page 16 of PDF)