Genetic Vulnerability to Menthol Cigarette Preference in Women

Cheryl Oncken,Richard Feinn,Jonathan Covault,Valerie B. Duffy,Ellen A. Dornelas,Henry R. Kranzler,Heather Z. Sankey

Genetic Vulnerability to Menthol Cigarette Preference in Women

2015

Cheryl Oncken
Richard Feinn
Jonathan Covault
Valerie B. Duffy
Ellen A. Dornelas
Henry R. Kranzler
Heather Z. Sankey

Background: Smokers may prefer menthol cigarettes to mask the bitter taste of nicotine. Variation in the taste receptor gene, TAS2R38, may contribute to preference for menthol cigarettes.

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TAS2R38
Psychiatry
Emotional vulnerability
Genotype determination
Nicotine
Taste
Menthol
Medicine
Taste receptor
Physiology
Anesthesia
Gustatory system
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
Demography
Haplotype
Odds ratio
Logistic regression

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