While the nicotine in cigarettes binds to brain receptors, menthol increases the number of these receptors, making the brain even more dependent on the continued use of tobacco and menthol specifically
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In a statement, the chamber labeled the Times report a "concerted misinformation campaign" and said it does not support smoking, though it does "support protecting the intellectual property and trademarks of all legal products in all industries and oppose singling out certain industries for discriminatory treatment." The chamber's other critics include WHO chief Margaret Chan, who said, "By lobbying against well-established, widely accepted, and evidence-based tobacco control public health policies, the US Chamber of Commerce undermines its own credibility on other issues" in a statement yesterday, per the Times
Both of the prior reports predated the menthol bans, so there was no reason to include such a variable at the time of their publications