Cov luam yeeb nrog cov tshuaj tsw qab yog nrov rau cov tub ntxhais hluas vim muaj kev sib cuam tshuam, thiab qhov tshiab ntawm kev haus luam yeeb nrog ob lub tsw.

Nyob rau hauv 2020, Euromonitor tsom xam kwv yees tag nrho cov European menthol kev ua lag luam kom muaj nuj nqis nyob ib ncig ntawm EU€ 9.7 billion (US $ 11 billion, ze li UK £ 8.5 billion).

Lub International Tobacco Control (ITC) kev tshawb fawb nyob rau hauv 2016 (n = 10,000 cov neeg laus haus luam yeeb, nyob rau hauv 8 European lub teb chaws) pom tias lub teb chaws uas siv menthol siab tshaj plaws yog England (tshaj 12% ntawm cov neeg haus luam yeeb) thiab Poland (10%);

Cov ntaub ntawv ITC tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm 2018 Euromonitor cov ntaub ntawv, uas qhia tau hais tias kev sib koom ua lag luam sib koom ntawm menthol thiab capsules feem ntau siab dua nyob rau sab qaum teb European lub teb chaws, nrog rau qhov siab tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws Poland, ntawm ntau dua 25%, ua raws li UK, ntawm ntau dua 20% ( saib daim duab 2.50 Cov txheeb ze ntawm cov menthol flavored luam yeeb piv rau cov tshuaj ntsiav (menthol thiab lwm yam flavours) kuj txawv; Thaum lub lag luam sib faib rau cov tshuaj ntsiav tau tshaj qhov sib faib rau menthol flavored haus luam yeeb nyob rau hauv ib nrab ntawm EU lub teb chaws, Menthol thiab capsule kev ua lag luam feem ntau tended yuav siab dua rau cov teb chaws Europe sab nraum EU.

Menthol luam yeeb tsim kwv yees li 21% ntawm UK kev ua lag luam.2018 cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb Hauv Tebchaws (ONS) qhia tias muaj 7.2 lab tus neeg haus luam yeeb hauv tebchaws Askiv; raws li 2016 ITC cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb (cov ntsiab lus saum toj no) uas yuav sib npaug rau ze li ntawm 900,000 tus neeg haus luam yeeb uas feem ntau haus luam yeeb menthol. Raws li cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb txog kev lag luam cov duab tau ntau dua hauv xyoo 2018, ze li ntawm 1.3 lab, txawm hais tias qhov no yuav suav nrog cov neeg haus luam yeeb lwm hom luam yeeb (xws li tus qauv tsis muaj ntxhiab) nrog rau menthol.

Kev faib khoom loj thiab kev lag luam ntawm menthol tsis tau pib txog thaum xyoo 1960 txawm tias US patent rau menthol flavoring tau tso cai rau xyoo 1920. Nyob rau hauv 2007 ib tug tshiab innovation rau ntxiv tsw tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv Nyiv ua lag luam uas tau txij li thaum tau dhau los ua lwm qhov chaw, feem ntau marketed raws li ib tug 'crushball', nyob rau hauv uas tsw yog ntxiv los ntawm crushing ib tug me me yas capsule nyob rau hauv lub lim. Cov luam yeeb nrog cov tshuaj tsw qab yog nrov rau cov tub ntxhais hluas vim muaj kev sib cuam tshuam, thiab qhov tshiab ntawm kev haus luam yeeb nrog ob lub tsw. Qee lub khw, xws li UK.