The First Conference on Menthol Cigarettes; Setting the Research Agenda: March 21–22, 2002, Atlanta, GA: Executive Summary

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Cancer Institute (U.S.) ; American Legacy Foundation ; Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery ; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ; University of California (System), Office of Health Affairs., Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program.
• Description:
  "The First Conference on Menthol Cigarettes was convened in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 21 and 22, 2002. The purpose of the conference was to evaluate the present state of the science concerning the health implications of adding menthol to cigarettes, and to set the priorities for further studies on health effects of menthol cigarettes. The conference sponsors will make the conference proceedings available to a wider audience through a supplemental issue to be published with Nicotine & Tobacco Research journal in early 2004. This Executive Summary presents background on use of menthol in cigarettes and summarizes the topics that will be discussed in the supplemental issue." - p. 1
  
  The conference was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Cancer Institute; Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, University of California; American Legacy Foundation; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; The Onyx Group; National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery; and Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cigarettes Health Behavior/adverse Effects Menthol Smoking/prevention & Control Smoking Cessation Tobacco
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; electronic resource
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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