You've just cleaned your teeth, you're feeling minty fresh and ready to climb into bed. You take a sip of water, but the ...

Menthol, derived from mint plants, creates a cooling sensation by activating cold-sensing receptors. It's used in various products, including toothpaste, chewing gum, and sports supplements, to trick ...

Mint makes water feel icy because menthol activates cold receptors in the mouth, tricking the brain into sensing lower temperatures, scientists explain.

The FDA plans to ban menthol cigarettes in 2022. These mint flavored and highly addictive cigarettes have been specifically marketed to Black Americans since the 1950s, and today, 80% of Black smokers ...

They have been marketed as "cool", "smooth" and "refreshing", but were also linked to making smoking more palatable and having a negative impact of communities of color. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Incorporated into everything from pain-relieving creams to after-dinner mints, menthol elicits a pleasant cooling sensation on the skin or tongue. As a result, researchers have suspected that the ...

Everybody knows smoking is bad for you. But have you ever thought about how menthol-flavored cigarettes are potentially more dangerous than regular ones? Especially for young people and some minority ...