Health
According to a North American study, women and non-African Americans who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers, but not high blood pressure which the possibility the menthol in cigarettes has an effect on the blood vessels that supply the brain in particular.
The risk of lung cancer is no different for mentholated cigarettes compared to unmentholated cigarettes.
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Famous quotes containing the word health:
“At last I feel the equal of my parents. Knowing you are going to have a child is like extending yourself in the world, setting up a tent and saying “Here I am, I am important.” Now that I’m going to have a child it’s like the balance is even. My hand is as rich as theirs, maybe for the first time. I am no longer just a child.”
—Anonymous Father. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, ch. 5 (1978)
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—Constitution of the World Health Organization.