The european directive on tobacco dating back to 2014 prohibiting cigarette taste minty came into effect this Wednesday. It was the last taste of cigarettes av
The european directive on tobacco dating back to 2014 prohibiting cigarette taste minty came into effect this Wednesday.
It was the last taste of cigarettes available at the tobacconist. The cigarette menthol is now forbidden in France, since this Wednesday, and the entry into force of the eu directive 2014 on the tobacco, reported several media. Before the taste of mint, the vanilla, the chocolate or the fruit had already disappeared from the shops. But the sales of menthol were well over, and this has left a bit of a break.
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This directive does not exclude the rolling tobacco minty, which also becomes forbidden, on the other hand it keeps the cigarillos and the heated tobacco, says the journal The World of tobacco. A major issue for the sector, according to which the menthol cigarettes represent, on average, 8 % of the sales of a retailer of tobacco”, and these are “about one million consumers”.
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“addictive Properties and harmful menthol”
On the other hand, “it is a victory” for the professor Yves Martinet, president of the national Committee against tobacco (CNCT), questioned by The Cross, “because such cigarettes have long been used to facilitate entry into the tobacco while causing an addiction very strong.”
“The tobacco industry has knowingly concealed the addictive properties and harmful menthol, praising the products menthol as less harmful to health and less irritating”, also reveals a study of the CNCT on the marketing strategy of cigarette industry.
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These cigarettes are even more addictive than others, argues Yves Martinet. “In 2004, a study on nearly 1700 people showed that 24.3% of smokers of menthol cigarettes smoked their first cigarette within the first five minutes of their day, compared to 19.9% of the smokers of cigarettes non menthol”, confirms the CNCT, always cited by The Cross.
Date Of Update: 22 May 2020, 13:58
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn