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The Cool Trick Behind Menthol: From Toothpaste to Sports Performance

Menthol, derived from mint plants, creates a cooling sensation by activating cold-sensing receptors. It's used in various products, including toothpaste, chewing gum, and sports supplements, to trick ...

Why Does Mint Make Your Mouth Cold? A Scientist Explains The Strange Sensation

Menthol activates TRPM8 receptors on nerve endings in your mouth, which are the same receptors responsible for sensing cold.
Salon

How Big Tobacco made menthol racial

Keith Wailoo opens his engrossing new book with a vintage Dave Chapelle sketch, and a line from an imagined quiz show called “I Know Black People.” A contestant just has to answer a question, “Why do ...

How menthol tricks your brain into feeling cold

Mint makes water feel icy because menthol activates cold receptors in the mouth, tricking the brain into sensing lower temperatures, scientists explain.
CNN

Biden administration must decide soon on menthol cigarettes or risk proposed ban going up in smoke, advocates say

Health advocates and activists plan to intensify their push for a ban on menthol cigarettes this week, ratcheting up pressure on the White House ahead of what they say is a critical deadline.
National Review

Menthol Ban: What Is the Federal Government Smoking?

Dealing with the Venezuelan Regime and the Cartels It Enables The Filibuster ‘at This Point in Time’ No, Mr. President, the ‘Affordability Issue’ Is Not Dead Audio By Carbonatix The Food and Drug ...
Time

The FDA Is Moving Forward with a Menthol Cigarette Ban. Here’s What the Science Says

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with plans to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars—policies that agency officials say could help prevent some of the roughly 500 ...
Washington Monthly

As FDA Readies Menthol Cigarette Ban, What’s Next?

Packs of menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products at a store in San Francisco. On Thursday, April 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration pledged again to try to ban menthol cigarettes, this ...
Yahoo

Westchester votes to ban menthol, flavored tobacco: What it means, why some oppose it

Westchester would become New York’s first county to ban flavored tobacco, including popular menthol cigarettes, under a law passed Monday night by the county Board of Legislators. The law now goes to ...
Los Angeles Times

The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

Take a deep breath, America. We’ve made serious progress against cigarette smoking. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23% of adults were smokers in 2000. By 2020, the ...
The Pantagraph

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

Take a deep breath, America. We’ve made serious progress against cigarette smoking. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23% of adults were smokers in 2000. By 2020, the ...