
There have been a large number of debates about the effects of the menthol cigarettes on the body. The critics have compared the menthol cigarettes to the normal tobacco cigarettes with great ferocity. The cigarettes that contain menthol have been largely popular amongst the African American population. These cigarettes produce a cooling effect and also dampen the effect of the nicotine that is present in the cigarettes to a large extent. It is widely believed that menthol cigarettes have a certain amount of anesthetic effect on the nerves of the throat as a result of which the individual smoking the menthol cigarettes does not feel the sour taste of the nicotine that is present in the cigarettes. Amongst the younger generation of the world, menthol cigarettes are a rage. This can, to some extent, be attributed to the wide spread rumor that the menthol cigarettes can, to a large extent nullify the effects of the normal nicotine that is smoked.