Tobacco Industry Knows what Kids Like the Most

Tobacco industry still can change the contents of cigarettes, to satisfy the taste of young people. They know that kids like a light taste of menthol, so cigarette manufacturers are providing menthol cigarettes.

The Council for Tobacco Research claimed to be dedicated to dealing with what it called the health scare being perpetrated against smoking. This council was dissolved in 1999, but until then it helped the industry battle scientific findings linking smoking to cancer and heart disease with scientific-sounding attacks.

Today, there's solid evidence that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, as well as many other health problems, and no one is suggesting the health fears in smoker head.

In 2007 the Harvard School of Public Health showed that nicotine levels, the addictive element that makes cigarettes tough to quit, are increasing. Now a new study in the American Journal of Public Health suggests that the tobacco industry has been manipulating the levels of menthol in cigarettes to appeal to young smokers.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that about 90% of cigarette smokers get hooked on nicotine before age 19. In this way most smokers become addicted before they're legally old enough to buy a pack.

Researchers found that most of kids prefer a mint taste when they first light up. Gregory Connolly, professor of public health, said that menthol brands have been rising in popularity with young adults. Researchers looked at tobacco industry internal documents and found that cigarette companies were doing their own research into how controlling menthol levels could increase brand sales among specific groups.

They found that older smokers liked a stronger hit of menthol, while younger smokers preferred a light hint of menthol - just enough to ease the burning shock to the throat.

A study showed that first-time smoker reaction is generally negative.... Initial negatives can be alleviated with a low level of menthol.