Health Information About Nicotine and Tobacco Products Nicotine is a highly addictive substance found in tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and electronic cigarettes
In an emailed statement, a Reynolds company spokesperson said, quote, "A menthol ban would fuel yet another extensive illicit market for unregulated and potentially more dangerous products in the U.S." The statement also said that bans are not an effective way to get people to stop smoking
Participants were randomized to view 10 cigarette packages according to one of three experimental conditions: standard branded packages, the same packs without brand imagery (plain packaging), or the same packs without brand imagery or descriptors (e.g., flavors)
Nicotine is the loudest input, not the only one