In the US, smoking causes more deaths annually than alcohol
Like elsewhere in the world, e-cigarettes gained popularity in Turkey as smokers took up the new habit, hoping it would help them quit smoking and stop the impact of secondhand smoking
Because menthol makes the smoke less harsh, it encourages users to inhale more deeply and might increase exposure to other toxins such as carbon monoxide
After this conversion, OH-THC is further broken down by the CYP2C9 enzyme to an inactive molecule called 11-Nor-9-Carboxy-THC, or COOH-THC (5)
Erratum appears in Cancer Causes and Control 1998, 9:126 Xu X, Kelsey KT, Wiencke JK, Wain JC, Christiani DC: Cytochrome P450 CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility