ʻO ka paka me nā capsule ʻono ua kaulana i ka poʻe ʻōpio ma muli o ka launa pū ʻana, a me ka mea hou o ka puhi paka me ʻelua mau ʻono.

I ka makahiki 2020, ua manaʻo ka loiloi Euromonitor i ka mākeke menthol holoʻokoʻa o ʻEulopa ma kahi o EU € 9.7 biliona (US $ 11 biliona, kokoke i UK £ 8.5 biliona).

Ua ʻike ka International Tobacco Control (ITC) ma 2016 (n=10,000 kanaka puhi paka, ma 8 mau ʻāina ʻEulopa) ʻo nā ʻāina me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka menthol kiʻekiʻe loa ʻo ʻEnelani (ma luna o 12% o nā mea puhi puhi) a me Polani (10%);

Kākoʻo ʻia nā helu ITC e ka 2018 Euromonitor data, e hōʻike ana i ka hui ʻana o ka mākeke o ka menthol a me nā capsules i ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma nā ʻāina ʻEulopa ʻĀkau, me ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma Polani, ma luna o 25%, ukali ʻia e UK, ma luna o 20% ( E nānā i ke Kiʻi 2).50 Ua ʻano like ʻole ka ʻāpana pili o nā cigakeke ʻono menthol me ka poʻe me nā capsules (menthol a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe); ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākeke no nā capsules ma mua o ka ʻāpana no ka menthol flavored tobacco i ka hapalua o nā ʻāina EU, ʻo Menthol a me ka māhele mākeke capsule i ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe no nā ʻāina ʻEulopa ma waho o ka EU.

ʻO ka cigarettes Menthol ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he 21% o ka mākeke UK. ʻO nā helu 2018 mai ka Office for National Statistics (ONS) e hōʻike ana he 7.2 miliona mau mea puhi puhi ma UK; e pili ana i ka 2016 ITC survey data (details above) e like me ka aneane 900,000 mau mea puhi paka e puhi mau nei i ka menthol cigarette. Wahi a ka ʻikepili noiʻi mākeke, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka helu ma 2018, kokoke i 1.3 miliona, ʻoiai e komo pū ana ka poʻe e puhi i nā ʻano cigakeke ʻē aʻe (e laʻa me ka menthol).

ʻAʻole i hoʻomaka ka hāʻawi nui ʻana a me ke kūʻai ʻana i ka menthol a hiki i ka makahiki 1960 ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi patent US no ka ʻono menthol i nā makahiki 1920. I ka makahiki 2007, ua ʻike ʻia kahi mea hou no ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻono ma ka mākeke Kepani i lilo i mea maʻamau ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, i kūʻai pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he 'crushball', kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka ʻono ma o ka ʻoki ʻana i kahi capsule plastic liʻiliʻi i loko o ka kānana. ʻO ka paka me nā capsule ʻono ua kaulana i ka poʻe ʻōpio ma muli o ka launa pū ʻana, a me ka mea hou o ka puhi paka me ʻelua mau ʻono. ʻO kekahi mau mākeke, e like me UK.