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Newports is known for its strong and widely sold menthol flavor in the United States

That summer, Thompson began experimenting with Dexedrine (a powerful amphetamine)commonly referred to as speed. Thompson used Dexedrine for the next decade to influence his writing

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Hired and fired as a reporter for The Middletown Daily Record in Middletown, New York, in 1960, Thompson moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, landing a job writing for the sports magazine El Sportivo which folded shortly after he arrived

Flavor scientists note that menthol's appeal stems from its ability to mask the bitter taste of tobacco and enhance the addictive effects of nicotine